Buarremon

<i>Arremon</i>

Arremon

Genus of birds

Arremon is a genus of neotropical birds in the family Passerellidae. With the exception of the green-striped brushfinch which is endemic to Mexico, all species are found in South America, with a few reaching Central America.

"Lysurus" redirects here. For the genus of fungi, see Lysurus (fungus).

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These sparrows are found in lowland woodlands and forests where they usually forage on the ground. They have olive or grey upperparts with a black head. Many have a white line above the eye and some have a black band across the breast.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Arremon was erected in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in his Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire to accommodate the pectoral sparrow (Arremon taciturnus).[2] The name is from the Ancient Greek arrhēmōn meaning "silent" or "without speech".[3] The pectoral sparrow had been given the French name "L'Oiseau Silencieux" by the polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1779.[4][5]

The genus contains 20 species.[6][7]

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This genus includes species traditionally placed in Buarremon and Lysurus.[8][9][10]

References

  1. [1]
    Ridgely, Robert S.; Tudor, Guy (2009). Birds of South America: Passerines. Helm Field Guides. London: Christopher Helm. p. 641. ISBN 978-1-408-11342-4.
  2. [2]
    Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 32.
  3. [3]
    Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. [4]
    Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de (1780). "L'Oiseau Silencieux". Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux (in French). Vol. 7. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale. pp. 429–430.
  5. [5]
    Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 182.
  6. [6]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  8. [8]
    Cadena, C.D.; Klicka, J.; Ricklefs, R.E. (2007). "Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: Molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44 (3): 993–1016. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.12.012. PMID 17275342.
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    Cadena, Carlos Daniel; Cuervo, Andrés M. (2010). "Molecules, ecology, morphology, and songs in concert: how many species is Arremon torquatus (Aves: Emberizidae)?". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 99 (1): 152–176. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01333.x.
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    Donegan, T.M.; Avendaño-C, J.E.; Briceño-L, E.R.; Huertas, B. (September 2007). "Range extensions, taxonomic and ecological notes from Serranía de los Yariguíes, Colombia's new national park". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club. 127 (3): 172–212.
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