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.
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). The name is from the Ancient Greek arrhēmōn meaning "silent" or "without speech". The pectoral sparrow had been given the French name "L'Oiseau Silencieux" by the polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1779.
The genus contains 22 species. Image Scientific name Common name DistributionArremon crassirostris Sooty-faced finch Costa Rica, Panama and far northwestern Colombia Arremon castaneiceps Olive finch Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru Arremon brunneinucha Chestnut-capped brushfinch central Mexico to southeastern Peru. Arremon virenticeps Green-striped brushfinch Mexico Arremon atricapillus Black-headed brushfinch Colombia and PanamaArremon costaricensis Costa Rican brushfinch Panama and Costa RicaArremon basilicus Sierra Nevada brushfinch northern Colombia Arremon perijanus Perija brushfinch northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela Arremon phaeopleurus Caracas brushfinch Venezuela Arremon phygas Paria brushfinch Venezuela Arremon assimilis Grey-browed brushfinch Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru. Arremon torquatus White-browed brushfinch Argentina, Bolivia, and southern Peru Arremon aurantiirostris Orange-billed sparrow Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama Arremon taciturnus Pectoral sparrow Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Arremon axillaris Yellow-mandibled sparrow northeast Colombia and west Venezuela Arremon franciscanus São Francisco sparrow Rio São Francisco and in the states such as Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil Arremon semitorquatus Half-collared sparrow southeastern Brazil.Arremon dorbigniiMoss-backed sparrowbase of the Andes, from eastern Bolivia to northwest ArgentinaArremon schlegeli Golden-winged sparrow Colombia and Venezuela. Arremon abeillei Black-capped sparrow southwesr Ecuador and northwest Peru Arremon nigriceps (split from A. abeillei)Marañón sparrow northern Peru Arremon flavirostris Saffron-billed sparrow Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay
This genus includes species traditionally placed in Buarremon and Lysurus.
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