Arremonops

Arremonops
Olive sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Arremonops Ridgway, 1896
Type species
Embernagra rufivirgata Lawrence, 1851

Arremonops is a genus of Neotropical birds in the family Passerellidae. All species are found in Central America, Mexico, and/or northern South America. The olive sparrow reaches southern Texas.

Species

It contains the following species:

Genus Arremonops – Ridgway, 1896 – four species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
	Arremonops chloronotus (Salvin, 1861) Two subspecies Arremonops chloronotus chloronotus Arremonops chloronotus twomeyi	Belize, northern Guatemala, western Honduras and southern Mexico.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Olive sparrow	Arremonops rufivirgatus (Lawrence, 1851)	Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and southern Texas (including the counties of Val Verde, Atascosa, and Nueces)	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Tocuyo sparrow	Arremonops tocuyensis Todd, 1912	Colombia and cities like Tocuyo and Lara of Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black-striped sparrow	Arremonops conirostris (Bonaparte, 1850) Seven subspecies A. c. conirostris (Bonaparte, 1850) A. c. inexpectatus Chapman, 1914 A. c. pastazae Krabbe & Stejskal, 2008 A. c. richmondii Ridgway, 1898 A. c. striaticeps (Lafresnaye, 1853) A. c. umbrinus Todd, 1923 A. c. viridicatus Wetmore, 1957	eastern Honduras to western Ecuador, northern Brazil, and Venezuela.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

See also

• Sparrow

External links

• [1] Avibase