Green-backed sparrow
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Green-backed sparrow | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: | Arremonops |
Species: | A. chloronotus
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Binomial name | |
Arremonops chloronotus (Salvin, 1861)
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The green-backed sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae that is found in Belize, northern Guatemala, western Honduras and southern Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and heavily degraded former forest.
Subspecies and distribution
This bird has two subspecies. Arremonops chloronotus chloronotus inhabits the Caribbean slope and southeastern part of Mexico from Tabasco and northeastern Chiapas to the southern part of Yucatán and Quintana Roo. It can also be found in northern and eastern Guatemala. Arremonops chloronotus twomeyi is found in the Olancho and Yoro departments of north-central Honduras.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Arremonops chloronotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22721398A138547311. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721398A138547311.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Green-backed Sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus)
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Arremonops
- Birds of Mexico
- Birds of the Yucatán Peninsula
- Birds of Belize
- Birds of Guatemala
- Birds described in 1861
- Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
- Taxonomy articles created by Polbot