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Pectoral Sparrow

Arremon taciturnus (Hermann, J 1783)

The pectoral sparrow is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The Brazilian name for this species is tico-tico-de-bico-preto, which in translation means "black billed sparrow". Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Passerellidae
Genus:
   Arremon
Scientific:
  Arremon taciturnus

Original description

Citation:
  (Hermann, J 1783)

Reference:
   Tabula Affin. Anim.

Protonym:
  Tanagra taciturna

Type locality:
  Cayenne (vide Stresemann, 1920, Novit. Zool., 27, p. 328).

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120418#page/234/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A5A38A04B864D8BB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A5A38A04

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A5A38A04

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558751

English:
Pectoral Sparrow
Bulgarian:
Черноклюна горска овесарка
Catalan:
toquí pectoral
Czech:
habije pruhoprsá
Danish:
Farvespurv
German:
Schwarzring-Buschammer
Esperanto:
pektorala paserelo
Spanish:
Cerquero pectoral
Spanish (Spain):
Cerquero pectoral sureño
Estonian:
kuldõlg-metssidrik
Finnish:
naamiosirkku
French:
Tohi silencieux
Croatian:
amazonski strnadar
Italian:
Passero pettorale
Japanese:
シズカシトド
Lithuanian:
juodakrūtis aremonas
Dutch:
Olijfruggors
Norwegian:
gulknokespurv
Polish:
strojnogłowik amazoński
Portuguese:
tico-tico-de-bico-preto
Portuguese (Brazil):
tico-tico-de-bico-preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
tico-tico-peitoral
Russian:
Ошейниковый тохи
Slovak:
strnádlik svrčavý
Serbian:
Crnokljuni ogrličasti strnad
Swedish:
halsbandssparv
Turkish:
Boğmaklı Çalı Serçesi
Ukrainian:
тихоголос амазонійський
Chinese:
白眉金肩雀
Chinese (Traditional):
白眉金肩雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Pectoral Sparrow [taciturnus] ( Arremon taciturnus [taciturnus or nigrirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Pectoral Sparrow [nominate] ( Arremon taciturnus [taciturnus or nigrirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Pectoral Sparrow [nominate] ( Arremon taciturnus [taciturnus or nigrirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Pectoral Sparrow [nominate] ( Arremon taciturnus [taciturnus or nigrirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Pectoral Sparrow [nominate] ( Arremon taciturnus [taciturnus or nigrirostris])
Avilist 2025:
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus)
Clements, version 2025:
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Pectoral Sparrow (Pectoral) ( Arremon taciturnus taciturnus/nigrirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Pectoral Sparrow (Pectoral) ( Arremon taciturnus taciturnus/nigrirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Pectoral Sparrow (Pectoral) ( Arremon taciturnus taciturnus/nigrirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Pectoral Sparrow (Pectoral) ( Arremon taciturnus taciturnus/nigrirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Pectoral Sparrow (Pectoral) ( Arremon taciturnus taciturnus/nigrirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Pectoral Sparrow (Pectoral) ( Arremon taciturnus taciturnus/nigrirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Pectoral Sparrow (Pectoral) ( Arremon taciturnus taciturnus/nigrirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025):
Pectoral Sparrow ( Arremon taciturnus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Arremon [taciturnus or axillaris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Bulgarian: Черноклюна горска овесарка
Catalan: toquí pectoral
Czech: habije pruhoprsá
Danish: Farvespurv
German: Schwarzring-Buschammer, Schwarzring-Buschammer (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
English: Pectoral Sparrow, Pectoral Sparrow (Pectoral), Pectoral Sparrow [nominate], Pectoral Sparrow [taciturnus]
[ENAV]: Pectoral Sparrow
English, HBW: Pectoral Sparrow
English (IOC): Pectoral Sparrow (Pectoral)
English (United States): Pectoral Sparrow, Pectoral Sparrow (Pectoral)
Esperanto: Nigrabeka aremono, pektorala paserelo
Spanish: Cerquero pectoral, Cerquero Pectoral (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Spanish (Spain): Cerquero pectoral (taciturnus/nigrirostris), Cerquero pectoral sureño
Spanish (Peru): Gorrión Pectoral, Gorrión Pectoral (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Spanish (Venezuela): Tico-Tico (taciturnus/nigrirostris), Tico-Tico Amazónico
Estonian: kuldõlg-metssidrik
Finnish: naamiosirkku
French: Tohi silencieux, Tohi silencieux (taciturnus), Tohi silencieux (taciturnus/nigrirostris), Tohi silencieux [nominal], Tohi silencieux [taciturnus ou nigrirostris]
French (Guyane): Tohi silencieux (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Croatian: amazonski strnadar
Italian: Passero pettorale
Japanese (romaji): shizukashitodo (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Japanese: シズカシトド, シズカシトド (taciturnus/nigrirostris), シズカシトド（taciturnus／nigrirostris）
Scientific: Arremon taciturnus, Arremon taciturnus [taciturnus or nigrirostris], Arremon taciturnus taciturnus, Arremon taciturnus taciturnus/nigrirostris, Tanagra taciturna
Lithuanian: juodakrūtis aremonas
Dutch: Olijfruggors
Norwegian: gulknokespurv, gulknokespurv (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Polish: strojnogłowik amazoński, strojnogłowik amazoński (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Portuguese: tico-tico-de-bico-preto
Portuguese (Brazil): tico-tico-de-bico-preto, tico-tico-de-bico-preto (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Portuguese (Portugal): tico-tico-peitoral, tico-tico-peitoral (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Russian: Ошейниковый тохи, Ошейниковый тохи (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Slovak: strnádlik svrčavý, strnádlik svrčavý (skup.)
Serbian: Crnokljuni ogrličasti strnad
Swedish: halsbandssparv, halsbandssparv (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Turkish: Boğmaklı Çalı Serçesi, Boğmaklı çalı serçesi (taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Ukrainian: тихоголос амазонійський, Тихоголос амазонійський (підвид taciturnus/nigrirostris)
Chinese: 白眉金肩雀
Chinese (Traditional): 白眉金肩雀

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