Golden-winged Sparrow (Arremon schlegeli)

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1851

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Golden-winged Sparrow (Arremon schlegeli) [XC57052]
by Miguel Angel Torres from Reserva Los Besotes_Vereda Los Besotes (Cerro Los Besotes), municipio Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia (song)

Golden-winged Sparrow (Arremon schlegeli) [XC693322]
by Charles Hesse from Manaure, Cesar, Colombia (song)

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

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

schlegeli Bonaparte, 1851 - Caribbean coast of Colombia (except Guajira Peninsula) and Venezuela, and Venezuelan Andes.
fratruelis Wetmore, 1946 - Serran��a de Macuira (on Guajira Peninsula), in northern Colombia.
canidorsum Zimmer, JT, 1941 - Western slope of eastern Andes in Santander, in northern Colombia.

References
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Files:

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