| Orange-billed sparrow | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Arremon |
| Species: | A. aurantiirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Arremon aurantiirostris Lafresnaye, 1847 | |
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The orange-billed sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. In Central America it is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama. In northwestern South America the orange-billed sparrow is found in Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. The species are black and as the name suggests, have an orange bill. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
References
- BirdLife International (2020). "Arremon aurantiirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22721367A137027956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721367A137027956.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Description
Further reading
- Skutch, Alexander F. (1954). "Orange-billed sparrow" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 31. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 94–100.
External links
- Orange-billed sparrow photo gallery VIREO Photo
- Photo; Article chandra.as.utexas.edu
