Sierra Nevada Brushfinch (Arremon basilicus)
About the Sierra Nevada Brushfinch
The Sierra Nevada brushfinch (Arremon basilicus) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is endemic to Colombia. The Sierra Nevada brushfinch has a complicated taxonomic history. It was formally described in 1898 with the binomial Buarremon basilicus. Somewhat later it was reassigned as a subspecies of what was then called the stripe-headed brushfinch, Buarremon torquatus. In 2008 taxonomists began merging Buarremon into Arremon. Following a study published in 2010 and some earlier studies, taxonomists began splitting the "stripe-headed brushfinch" into eight species, one of which was the Sierra Nevada brushfinch. The Sierra Nevada brushfinch is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 21 recordings for this species: 20 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-capped SparrowArremon abeilleirecording
- Black-headed BrushfinchArremon atricapillusrecording
- Chestnut-capped BrushfinchArremon brunneinucharecording
- Grey-browed BrushfinchArremon assimilisrecording
- Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostrisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.