Green-striped Brush-Finch (Arremon virenticeps)

Other Scientific Names
Atlapetes virenticeps [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Atlapetes virenticeps [Stotz et al. (1996)], Buarremon virenticeps [BirdLife International (2004)]

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
17.50 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,800 - 3,000 m, occasionally 1,500 - 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

Western Mexico in southern Sinaloa, northern Nayarit and southern Durango, and from Jalisco and Colima east to western Puebla.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (37)...)

Green-striped Brushfinch (Arremon virenticeps) [XC778880]
by MAnuel Grosselet from Magdalena Contreras (near Ciudad de M\u00e9xico), Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, Mexico (song)

Green-striped Brushfinch (Arremon virenticeps) [XC579150]
by Manuel Grosselet from Mex DF entrance Desierto de los Leones, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in genus Buarremon or Atlapetes. Has sometimes been treated as conspecific with White-browed Brush-finch (Arremon torquatus). Birds from Sinaloa described as subspecies verecundus, but appear too poorly differentiated to warrant recognition.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

verecundus Moore, 1938 - Mountains of western Mexico (southern Sinaloa, northern Nayarit and southern Durango).
virenticeps (Bonaparte, 1855) - Western, central Mexico.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Green-striped Brush-Finch (Arremon virenticeps) - 10 files

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