Species profile
Saffron-billed Sparrow
Arremon flavirostris
Quick answer
Holotype. CUMZ 27 / Fri (E) / 6 / c / 1 (University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK), sub-adult male. Type locality. vicinity of Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil (subsequent designation). “ Brazil ” (original designation).
- Scientific name
- Arremon flavirostris
- Family
- Passerellidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Arremon
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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