Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) - HBW 16, p. 573

French: Tohi à bec orange German: Goldschnabel-Buschammer Spanish: Cerquero Piquinaranja

Taxonomy: Arremon aurantiirostris Lafresnaye, 1847, Panama.
Has been suggested as forming a superspecies with A. taciturnus, A. flavirostris, A. schlegeli and A. abeillei. Eight subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

saturatus Cherrie, 1891 - Caribbean slope of SE Mexico (S Veracruz, N Oaxaca, NE Chiapas and Tabasco), N & C Guatemala (Petén, Alta Verapaz and Izabal) and Belize.
rufidorsalis Cassin, 1865 - Caribbean slope from Honduras S to extreme NW Panama.
aurantiirostris Lafresnaye, 1847 - Pacific slope of Costa Rica and both slopes of Panama (E to Canal Zone).

See all 8 subspecies

saturatus Cherrie, 1891 - Caribbean slope of SE Mexico (S Veracruz, N Oaxaca, NE Chiapas and Tabasco), N & C Guatemala (Petén, Alta Verapaz and Izabal) and Belize.
rufidorsalis Cassin, 1865 - Caribbean slope from Honduras S to extreme NW Panama.
aurantiirostris Lafresnaye, 1847 - Pacific slope of Costa Rica and both slopes of Panama (E to Canal Zone).
strictocollaris Todd, 1922 - extreme E Panama and adjacent Colombia (N Chocó).
occidentalis Hellmayr, 1911 - Pacific slope of W Colombia (S from middle Atrato Valley) and NW Ecuador.
erythrorhynchus P. L. Sclater, 1855 - N Colombia in upper Sinú Valley, lower Cauca Valley and middle Magdalena Valley.
spectabilis P. L. Sclater, 1855 - SE Colombia (Putumayo) S through E Ecuador to NC Peru (San Martín).
santarosae Chapman, 1925 - SW Ecuador S from Chimbo Valley.