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White-browed Brushfinch
Arremon torquatus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
White-browed Brushfinch, Arremon torquatus, is a passerine in the New World sparrow family and breeds in southern Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. It was first described in 1837 by d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye. The bird is a resident of montane evergreen forest, including both intact and altered stands, and it also occurs in elfin forest. It keeps to the understorey and forest margins. The species is split into three subspecies, with the nominate form in the far south-east of Peru and western Bolivia, and the others farther south and east.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- South America: s Peru, Bolivia and Argentina
