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Taxonomic note
Arremon flavirostris has been split into Saffron-billed Sparrow A. flavirostris and Stripe-crowned Sparrow A. dorbignii following the evidence of genetic separation and after comparison of museum specimens revealed that dorbignii differs by its; grey central crown-stripe vs none or just a grey nuchal patch (3); white vs black preocular supercilium (2); narrower breast-stripe (somewhat variable in other taxa; hence only 1); different song (at least 1).

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2019. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 4. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v4_Dec19.zip.
Trujillo-Arias, N., Dantas, G. P., Arbeláez-Cortés, E., Naoki, K., Gómez, M. I., Santos, F. R., ... & Cabanne, G. S. 2017. The niche and phylogeography of a passerine reveal the history of biological diversification between the Andean and the Atlantic forests. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 112: 107-121.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2019	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,500,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'fairly common' relative to other neotropical birds (Gunningham and Slager 2015).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats (Jaramillo 2019). There is tentative evidence to suggest that the Saffron-billed Sparrow flourishes in patchy and/or disturbed and logged forest as result of its preference for edge habitats and small clearings (Miranda et al. 2010, Gunningham and Slager 2015).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Brazil	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Saffron-billed Sparrow Arremon flavirostris. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/saffron-billed-sparrow-arremon-flavirostris on 15/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 15/01/2025.