Birds of Costa Rica

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Genus: Arremon (4 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.).


Orange-billed Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris erythrorhynchus)
La Victoria, Caldas, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Note immatures have a black bill.

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha frontalis)
Otún 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.
Additional photo.

Costa Rican Brushfinch
Costa Rican Brushfinch (Arremon costaricensis)
Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.
Part of a six way split of the Stripe-headed Brushfinch.

Sooty-faced Finch
Sooty-faced Finch (Arremon crassirostris)
Colonia El Socorro, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


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