Grey-browed brushfinch

The grey-browed brushfinch (Arremon assimilis) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in the undergrowth of humid forest, especially near the edges, at altitudes of 300 to 1,200 metres (980 to 3,940 ft) in the Andes Mountains of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru.

Composite image of front and back of a single bird, along old Mindo Rd., Ecuador

Grey-browed brushfinch
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Arremon
Species:	A. assimilis
Binomial name
Arremon assimilis (Boissonneau, 1840)
Synonyms
Arremon torquatus assimilis Buarremon assimilis

Taxonomy

The grey-browed brushfinch was often treated as a subspecies of the stripe-headed brushfinch (A. torquatus), but was determined a distinct species on the basis of differences in vocalization, plumage, and genetics.[2] The SACC split the group in 2010.

References

1. BirdLife International. 2016. Arremon assimilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22724905A104267109. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22724905A104267109.en. Downloaded on 04 February 2018.
2. Cadena, C. D., and A. M. Cuervo (2009). Molecules, ecology, morphology, and songs in concert: how many species is Arremon torquatus (Aves: Emberizidae)? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99(1): 152-176

• South American Classification Committee (September 2010). "Proposal (#468) to South American Classification Committee – Species limits in Arremon torquatus". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.