Perijá brushfinch

Perijá brushfinch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Arremon
Species:
A. perijanus
Binomial name
Arremon perijanus
(Phelps & Gilliard, 1940)
Synonyms

Arremon torquatus perijanus
Buarremon perijanus

The Perijá brushfinch (Arremon perijanus) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.

It lives in the undergrowth of humid forest, especially near edges, at altitudes of 300 to 1,200 metres (980 to 3,940 ft) in the Serranía del Perijá between north-east Colombia and north-west Venezuela.[2][3]

Taxonomy

The Perijá brushfinch was often treated as a subspecies of the stripe-headed brushfinch (A. torquatus), but was determined a distinct species, on the basis of differences in vocalization, plumage, and genetics.[4] The SACC split the group in 2010.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Arremon perijanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22724899A104268260. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22724899A104268260.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ridgely, R. S., & J. A. Gwynne, Jr. (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. 2nd edition. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08529-3
  3. ^ Restall, R. L., C. Rodner, & M. Lentino (2006). Birds of Northern South America. Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-7243-9 (vol. 1). ISBN 0-7136-7242-0 (vol. 2).
  4. ^ Cadena, C. D., and A. M. Cuervo (2009). Molecules, ecology, morphology, and songs in concert: how many species is Arremon torquatus (Aves: Emberizidae)? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99(1): 152-176