Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)  
Genus: Arremon (7 species, 20 worldwide)

Genus Arremon are Brushfinch found in the dense understory of tropical American forests. Arremon are consistent in shape and size (around 16 cm.).


Grey-browed Brushfinch
Grey-browed Brushfinch (Arremon assimilis assimilis)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha frontalis)
OtĂșn Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Widespread and common in Andean cloud forests from 1500m to 2500m. Often in pairs.
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Perija Brushfinch
Perija Brushfinch (Arremon perijanus) Vulnerable
Colombia
  Apparently may or may not show thin black chest band below white throat.
   
Photograph by Andres Cuervo     Copyright and usage info


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Caracas Brushfinch (Arremon phaeopleurus) ENDEMIC
   



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Paria Brushfinch (Arremon phygas) Vulnerable ENDEMIC
   



Golden-winged Sparrow
Golden-winged Sparrow (Arremon schlegeli)
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in dry scrub and dry forest in the northwest.

Pectoral Sparrow
Pectoral Sparrow (Arremon taciturnus taciturnus) Male
Manaus, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca   © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to Orange-billed Sparrow.


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