Caracas brushfinch explained

The Caracas brushfinch (Arremon phaeopleurus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae.

It lives in the undergrowth of humid forest, especially near edges, at altitudes of 300mto1200mm (1,000feetto3,900feetm) in the Venezuelan Coastal Range.

Taxonomy

The Caracas brushfinch was often treated as a subspecies of the stripe-headed brushfinch (A. torquatus), but was determined a distinct species on the basis of differences in vocalization, plumage, and genetics.^[1] SACC split the group in 2010.

References

• Web site: South American Classification Committee . South American Classification Committee . Proposal (#468) to South American Classification Committee – Species limits in Arremon torquatus. . September 2010 . July 24, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402235022/http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop468.html . April 2, 2012 .

Notes and References

1. Cadena . C.D. . Cuervo . A.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 . 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01333.x . free .