Pectoral Sparrow
Arremon taciturnus (Hermann, 1783)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Pectoral Sparrow, Arremon taciturnus, breeds in north-west South America and Amazonia. It is a passerine in the New World sparrow family, and was described by Hermann in 1783. Its key feature is the dark band across the breast, which is not complete in the subspecies nigrirostris, where it is broken in the middle. The species has two subspecies. It occurs in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Nest building has been recorded from August through to December, and incubation lasts 15–17 days.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- South America: nw SA, Amazonia
