Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
15 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lafresnaye, 1847

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (49)...)

Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) [XC388002]
by Nick Komar from Lower Valle de Anchicaya, off Valle del Cauca, Colombia (call)

Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) [XC773030]
by Sue Riffe from La Esmeralda, Santa Mar\u00eda Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Has been suggested as forming a superspecies with Pectoral Sparrow (Arremon taciturnus), Saffron-billed Sparrow (Arremon flavirostris), Golden-winged Sparrow (Arremon schlegeli) and Black-capped Sparrow (Arremon abeillei).

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

saturatus Cherrie, 1891 - Caribbean slope of south-eastern Mexico (southern Veracruz, northern Oaxaca, north-eastern Chiapas and Tabasco), northern and central Guatemala (Pet�n, Alta Verapaz and Izabal) and Belize.
rufidorsalis Cassin, 1865 - Caribbean slope from Honduras south to extreme north-western Panama.
aurantiirostris Lafresnaye, 1847 - Pacific slope of Costa Rica and both slopes of Panama (east to Canal Zone).
strictocollaris Todd, 1922 - Extreme eastern Panama and adjacent Colombia (northern Choc�).
occidentalis Hellmayr, 1911 - Pacific slope of western Colombia (southern from middle Atrato Valley) and north-western Ecuador.
erythrorhynchus Sclater, PL, 1855 - Northern Colombia in upper Sin� Valley, lower Cauca Valley and middle Magdalena Valley.
spectabilis Sclater, PL, 1855 - South-eastern Colombia (Putumayo) south through eastern Ecuador to north-central Peru (San Mart��n).
santarosae Chapman, 1925 - South-western Ecuador southern from Chimbo Valley.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) - 10 files

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