Green-backed Sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus)

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
15 - 15.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvin, 1861)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

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 (16)...)

Green-backed Sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus) [XC436178]
by Alfonso Auerbach from Tayasul, San Miguel, Flores, Pet\u00e9n Department, Guatemala (song)

Green-backed Sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus) [XC219090]
by Ross Gallardy from Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Relationships of genus not well understood; molecular evidence suggests that it is close to Rhynchospiza, Peucaea and some Ammodramus. Sometimes considered conspecific with Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris), with which virtually sympatric in north-central Honduras, but differs significantly in juvenile plumage, size and vocalizations.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

chloronotus (Salvin, 1861) - Caribbean slope of south-eastern Mexico (from Tabasco and northern Chiapas east to southern Yucat�n and Quintana Roo), northern and central Guatemala (Pet�n and Alto Verapaz), Belize and north-western Honduras.
twomeyi Monroe, 1963 - Yoro and Olancho Departments, in north-central Honduras.

References
See References.

Files:

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