Moss-backed Sparrow
Arremon dorbigniiSclater, PL, 1856
English (US) Moss-backed Sparrow
The Moss-backed Sparrow (Arremon dorbignii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Passerellidae (New World Sparrows) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: base of the Andes of eastern Bolivia (La Paz to Tarija) and northwestern Argentina (southward to Catamarca)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Arremon dorbignii
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Moss-backed Sparrow
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1856
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Arremon d'orbignii
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1856
- Type locality
- Yungas, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.24, no.306 p.81
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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