Olive finch

Olive finch
	Immature
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Emberizidae
Genus:	Arremon
Species:	A. castaneiceps
Binomial name
	Arremon castaneiceps; (Sclater, 1859)
Synonyms
	Lysurus castaneiceps

The olive finch (Arremon castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Lysurus.^[2]

It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

^ Template:IUCN
^ Cadena, C. D., J. Klicka and R. E. Ricklefs. (2007). Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44(3): 993-1016.

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[1] Template:IUCN

[2] Cadena, C. D., J. Klicka and R. E. Ricklefs. (2007). Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44(3): 993-1016.

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