Aimophila

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Aimophila
Rufous Crowned Sparrow A.r. eremoeca Texas.jpg
Rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Aimophila
Swainson, 1837
Species

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Aimophila is a genus of American sparrows. The derivation of the genus name is from aimos/αιμος "thicket" and phila/φιλα "loving".[1]

Some species that were formerly classified in Aimophila are now considered to be in the genus Peucaea.[2]

Species in taxonomic order[]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) (20342481992).jpg Aimophila ruficeps Rufous-crowned sparrow southwestern United States and Mexico
Aimophila notosticta 1.jpg Aimophila notosticta Oaxaca sparrow Mexico
Rusty Sparrow, El Triunfo, Mexico (16583752214) (cropped).jpg Aimophila rufescens Rusty sparrow Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.

References[]

  1. ^ Holloway JE (2003). Dictionary of Birds of the United States: Scientific and Common Names. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-88192-600-0.
  2. ^ DaCosta, Jeffrey M.; Spellman, Garth M.; Escalante, Patricia; Klicka, John (1 March 2009). "A molecular systematic revision of two historically problematic songbird clades: Aimophila and Pipilo" (PDF). Journal of Avian Biology. 40 (2): 206–216. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04514.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
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