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Genus: Arremon (2 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 occidentalis)
Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Los Bancos, Ecuador
  Immatures have black bill. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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.
Additional photo.

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