Birds of the World


Black-capped Sparrow (Arremon abeillei) Range: SA: sw Ecuador and nw Peru south, Ecuador
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Note subspecies in the Marañon Valley, one of two, has a green back.


Grey-browed Brushfinch (Arremon assimilis assimilis) Range: SA: Andes of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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Black-headed Brushfinch (Arremon atricapillus atricapillus) Range: MA, SA: e Panama and Colombian Andes Queremal, Colombia
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Spottily distributed at mid altitude levels (1200m) in Panama and Colombia.


Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris erythrorhynchus) Range: MA, SA: se Mexico to ne Peru La Victoria, Caldas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Note immatures have a black bill.


Sierra Nevada Brushfinch (Arremon basilicus) Near Threatened Range: SA: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, n Colombia ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia
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Part of a large split of the Stripe-headed Brushfinch. Identified by range. Note black chest band compared to others.


Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha frontalis) Range: MA, SA: Mexico to Ecuador Otún Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
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Widespread and common in Andean cloud forests from 1500m to 2500m. Often in pairs.
Additional photo.


Olive Finch (Arremon castaneiceps) Near Threatened Range: SA: Colombia to Peru Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia
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Often seen on the ground at edge of trail. A bit larger than most 'new world sparrows'.
The immature is uniformly colored.


Costa Rican Brushfinch (Arremon costaricensis) Range: MA: Costa Rica and w Panama Costa Rica
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Part of a six way split of the Stripe-headed Brushfinch.


Sooty-faced Finch (Arremon crassirostris) Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama Colonia El Socorro, Costa Rica
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Moss-backed Sparrow (Arremon dorbignii) Range: SA: c Bolivia to nw Argentina Argentina
Photograph by Gustavo Masuzzo © All Rights Reserved.

A yungas species Split from Saffron-billed Sparrow in 2020. Note eye-brow that reaches to bill, and vocal differences.


Saffron-billed Sparrow (Arremon flavirostris) Range: SA: se, sc Piraju-SP, Brazil
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Sao Francisco Sparrow (Arremon franciscanus) Near Threatened Range: SA: ec Brazil Brazil
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Maranon Sparrow (Arremon nigriceps) Range: SA: nc Peru Bosque de Yanahuanca, Cajamarca, Peru
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Perija Brushfinch (Arremon perijanus) Range: SA: Serranía del Perijá, ne Colombia and nw Venezuela Colombia Apparently may or may not show thin black chest band below white throat.
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Caracas Brushfinch (Arremon phaeopleurus) Range: SA: Cordillera de la Costa, n Venezuela

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Paria Brushfinch (Arremon phygas) Vulnerable Range: SA: Cordillera de la Costa Oriental, ne Venezuela


Golden-winged Sparrow (Arremon schlegeli) Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela Minca, Magdalena, Colombia
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Half-collared Sparrow (Arremon semitorquatus) Range: SA: se Brazil Itatiaia NP, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


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

Similar to Orange-billed Sparrow.


White-browed Brushfinch (Arremon torquatus borellii) Range: SA: s Peru, Bolivia and Argentina Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala, Jujuy province, Argentina
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Part of a many-way split of the Stripe-headed Brushfinch.


Green-striped Brushfinch (Arremon virenticeps) Range: MA: w, c Mexico Reserva Chara Pinta, Sinaloa, Mexico
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.