Golden-winged sparrow

The golden-winged sparrow (Arremon schlegeli) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae that can found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Golden-winged sparrow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Arremon
Species:
A. schlegeli
Binomial name
Arremon schlegeli
Bonaparte, 1851
Synonyms
  • Arremon schlegeli
  • Arremon fratruelis Wetmore, 1946
  • Arremon canidorsum J. T. Zimmer, 1941

Subspecies and its distribution

So far, three subspecies of this bird have been recognized: A. s. schlegeli located along Caribbean costs of Colombia and Venezuela. A. s. fratruelis can be found in SerranĂ­a de Macuira, located on the Guajira Peninsula of northern Columbia. The other, A. s. canidorsum, can be found in the north Columbian Andes.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Arremon schlegeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Subspecies distribution
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