White-browed brushfinch

The white-browed brushfinch (Arremon torquatus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It lives in northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, and southern Peru. It is generally common in forest and dense second growth, mainly at altitudes of 2,000 to 3,000 metres (6,600 to 9,800 ft), but locally it occurs at far lower altitudes.^[2] It previously was considered the nominate subspecies of the stripe-headed brushfinch.

White-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. torquatus
Binomial name
Arremon torquatus (Lafresnaye & d'Orbigny, 1837)
Synonyms
Buarremon torquatus (Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, 1837)

Taxonomy

Until recently, the white-browed brushfinch was placed in the genus Buarremon.^[3]

Considerable racial variation existed in the formerly named stripe-headed brushfinch, and based on ecology, morphology, song, and molecular work it was recently suggested that it be split into eight species.^[4]