Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Olive Finch (Arremon castaneiceps) - HBW 16, p. 580

French: Tohi lysure German: Olivbuschammer Spanish: Cerquero Capirrufo
Other common names: Olive Brush-finch

Taxonomy: Buarremon castaneiceps P. L. Sclater, 1860, Río Napo, Ecuador.
Often placed in genus Lysurus; on basis of similarities in molecular data, plumage, voice, behaviour and micro-habitat, this genus, and also, Buarremon, now subsumed in present genus. Probably forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with A. crassirostris. Monotypic.

Distribution: W Andes of Colombia (W slope S from Antioquia, also E slope in Nariño) S on both slopes in Ecuador to Peru (to Cajamarca and Amazonas; also on E slope from Pasco S to Marcapata Valley, in Cuzco).