Green-striped brush finch

Green-striped brush finch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Arremon
Species: A. virenticeps
Binomial name
Arremon virenticeps
(Bonaparte, 1855)
Synonyms

Buarremon virenticeps

The green-striped brush finch (Arremon virenticeps) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Buarremon.[2]

It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Arremon virenticeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Cadena, C. D., J. Klicka and R. E. Ricklefs. (2007). Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44(3): 993-1016.


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