Costa Rican brushfinch

The Costa Rican brushfinch or grey-striped brushfinch[2] (Arremon costaricensis) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in the undergrowth of humid forest, especially near the edges, at altitudes of 300 to 1,200 metres (980 to 3,940 ft) in Panama and Costa Rica.[3][4]

Costa Rican brushfinch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Arremon
Species:
A. costaricensis
Binomial name
Arremon costaricensis
(Bangs, 1907)
Synonyms[2]

Arremon torquatus costaricensis
Buarremon torquatus costaricensis
Buarremon costaricensis

Taxonomy

The Costa Rican brushfinch is often treated as a subspecies of the stripe-headed brushfinch (A. torquatus), but was determined a distinct species, together with the black-headed brushfinch, on the basis of differences in vocalization, plumage, and genetics.[5]

References
  1. BirdLife International. 2016. Arremon costaricensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22724923A104268002. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22724923A104268002.en. Downloaded on 04 February 2018.
  2. "Buarremon costaricensis". Avibase.
  3. Ridgely, R. S., & J. A. Gwynne, Jr. (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. 2nd edition. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08529-3
  4. Restall, R. L., C. Rodner, & M. Lentino (2006). Birds of Northern South America. Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-7243-9 (vol. 1). ISBN 0-7136-7242-0 (vol. 2).
  5. Cadena, C. D., and A. M. Cuervo (2009). 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
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