Green-striped brush finch

Green-striped brush finch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Arremon
Species: A. virenticeps
Binomial name
Arremon virenticeps
(Bonaparte, 1855)
Synonyms

Buarremon virenticeps

The green-striped brush finch (Arremon virenticeps) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Buarremon.[2]

It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Arremon virenticeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Cadena, C. D., J. Klicka and R. E. Ricklefs. (2007). Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44(3): 993-1016.


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