Aimophila
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Genus of birds
| Aimophila | |
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| Rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Aimophila Swainson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Pipilo rufescens[1] Swainson, 1827 | |
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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".[2]
Some species that were formerly classified in Aimophila are now considered to be in the genus Peucaea.[3]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Rufous-crowned sparrow
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Aimophila ruficeps (Cassin, 1852) Twelve subspecies
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southwestern United States and Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Oaxaca sparrow
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Aimophila notosticta (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) |
Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Rusty sparrow
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Aimophila rufescens (Swainson, 1827) |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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References
- ↑ "Passerellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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