Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Grey-browed Brush-finch (Arremon assimilis) - HBW 16, p. 579
French: Tohi à raies grises
German: Schmalschnabel-Buschammer
Spanish: Cerquero Picofino
Other common names: Grey-striped/Slender-billed Brush-finch
Taxonomy: Tanagra assimilis Boissonneau, 1840, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia.
Until recently was often placed in genus Buarremon (or Atlapetes), and considered conspecific with A. torquatus, A. costaricensis, A. atricapillus, A. basilicus, A. perijanus, A. phaeopleurus and A. phygas. Recent molecular data indicated that this group was sister to present genus, while other Buarremon might be more closely related to another genus then used, Lysurus, rendering Buarremon polyphyletic; decision was therefore made, on basis of similarities in molecular data, plumage, voice, behaviour and micro-.. View all taxonomy...
Until recently was often placed in genus Buarremon (or Atlapetes), and considered conspecific with A. torquatus, A. costaricensis, A. atricapillus, A. basilicus, A. perijanus, A. phaeopleurus and A. phygas. Recent molecular data indicated that this group was sister to present genus, while other Buarremon might be more closely related to another genus then used, Lysurus, rendering Buarremon polyphyletic; decision was therefore made, on basis of similarities in molecular data, plumage, voice, behaviour and micro-habitat, to subsume Buarremon and Lysurus in present genus. In addition, molecular and morphological data indicated that all members of above-mentioned group should be treated as separate species. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- larensis (Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1949) - Andes of W Lara and W Táchira, in W Venezuela.
- assimilis (Boissonneau, 1840) - Andes of Merida, in W Venezuela, and Colombia (all three ranges, but not W slope of W Andes; and S from Antioquia and Cundinamarca) S to Andes of NW Peru (Amazonas and Cajamarca).
- nigrifrons (Chapman, 1923) - subtropical zone of Andes in SW Ecuador (El Oro and Loja) and NW Peru (Piura S to La Libertad).
- poliophrys (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896) - temperate zone of Andes in C & S Peru (Huánuco, Junín and Cuzco).
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at feeding station Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia (ssp assimilis)
Martin Kennewell 30 May 2012 5 weeks ago 38 sec 4.2 -
at feeding station Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia (ssp assimilis)
Martin Kennewell 30 May 2012 5 weeks ago 36 sec 4 -
A bird singing from a tree. Locality La M Nature Reserve, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp assimilis)
Keith Blomerley 8 November 2012 25 weeks ago 23 sec 4 -
close up feeding in the arena Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia (ssp assimilis)
Martin Kennewell 30 May 2012 5 weeks ago 28 sec 3.8 -
foraging at feeding station Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia (ssp assimilis)
Martin Kennewell 30 May 2012 5 weeks ago 32 sec 3.8 -
A bird singing from a tree. Locality La M Nature Reserve, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp assimilis)
Keith Blomerley 8 November 2012 25 weeks ago 20 sec 3.6
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A bird hiding in the bushes.
Locality Pululahua, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp assimilis)
Nick Athanas 16 April 2011 2 years ago 3.4 -
An individual foraging in the ground, high andean forest at Filo del Pato.
Locality Farallones de Cali National Park, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp assimilis)
Sebastian Duque 23 August 2010 2 years ago 2.4 -
Perched on Polylepis
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Weaver 2 years ago 2 -
One ind catching worms at an antpittas feeders station.
Locality Páramo Frontino Reserve, Urrao, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp assimilis)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 January 2010 3 years ago 1.8
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calls Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia
(ssp assimilis)
Bradley Davis 28 May 2007 3 years ago 3
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