Grey-browed brushfinch

The grey-browed brushfinch, or gray-stripped brushfinch, (Arremon assimilis) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It lives 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.

Grey-browed brushfinch
A. a. assimilis, Colombia Song of Grey-browed Brush Finch
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.