Olive finch
| Olive finch | |
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| Immature | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Arremon |
| Species: | A. castaneiceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Arremon castaneiceps (Sclater, 1859)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lysurus castaneiceps | |
The olive finch (Arremon castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Lysurus.[2]
It is found in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
References[]
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- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Arremon castaneiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22721572A132010016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22721572A132010016.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Arremon
- Birds of the Colombian Andes
- Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes
- Birds described in 1859
- Taxa named by Philip Sclater