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.
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]
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]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arremon crassirostris | Costa Rica, Panama and far northwestern Colombia | ||
| Arremon castaneiceps | Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru | ||
| Arremon brunneinucha | central Mexico to southeastern Peru. | ||
| Arremon virenticeps | Mexico | ||
| Arremon atricapillus | Colombia and Panama | ||
| Arremon costaricensis | Panama and Costa Rica | ||
| Arremon basilicus | northern Colombia | ||
| Arremon perijanus | northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela | ||
| Arremon phaeopleurus | Venezuela | ||
| Arremon phygas | Venezuela | ||
| Arremon assimilis | Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru. | ||
| Arremon torquatus | Argentina, Bolivia, and southern Peru | ||
| Arremon aurantiirostris | Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama | ||
| Arremon taciturnus | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. | ||
| Arremon franciscanus | Rio São Francisco and in the states such as Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| Arremon semitorquatus | southeastern Brazil. | ||
| Arremon dorbignii | Stripe-crowned sparrow | base of the Andes, from eastern Bolivia to northwest Argentina | |
| Arremon schlegeli | Colombia and Venezuela. | ||
| Arremon abeillei | Ecuador and Peru | ||
| Arremon flavirostris | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay | ||
This genus includes species traditionally placed in Buarremon and Lysurus.[8] [9] [10]