Sierra Nevada brushfinch

The Sierra Nevada brushfinch (Arremon basilicus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae.

Sierra Nevada brushfinch
In Magdalena, Colombia
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Arremon
Species:	A. basilicus
Binomial name
Arremon basilicus (Bangs, 1898)
Synonyms
Arremon torquatus basilicus Buarremon basilicus

It lives in the undergrowth of humid forests, especially near the edges, at altitudes of 300 to 1,200 metres (980 to 3,940 ft) in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia.^[2][3]

Taxonomy

The Sierra Nevada 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.^[4] The SACC split the group in 2010.