Green-backed Sparrow
Arremonops chloronotus(Salvin, O, 1861)
English (US) Green-backed Sparrow
The Green-backed Sparrow (Arremonops chloronotus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Arremonops chloronotus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green-backed Sparrow
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1861)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Arremonops chloronotus chloronotus
- Arremonops chloronotus twomeyi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Embernagra chloronota
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1861)
- Type locality
- 'In Prov. Verae Pacis regione calida ;' type from Choctum, Guatemala, fide Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 450.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861, pt.2 p.202
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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