Green-striped brushfinch

Green-striped 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. virenticeps
Binomial name
	Arremon virenticeps; (Bonaparte, 1855)
Synonyms
	Buarremon virenticeps

The green-striped brushfinch (Arremon virenticeps) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Buarremon.[2]

It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Arremon virenticeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Cadena, C. D., J. Klicka and R. E. Ricklefs. (2007). Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44(3): 993-1016.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Arremon virenticeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Cadena, C. D., J. Klicka and R. E. Ricklefs. (2007). Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44(3): 993-1016.