Aimophila is a genus of American sparrows. The derivation of the genus name is from aimos/αιμος "thicket" and phila/φιλα "loving".[2]
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 | |
Species | |
See text |
Some species that were formerly classified in Aimophila are now considered to be in the genus Peucaea.[3]
Species in taxonomic order edit
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Aimophila ruficeps | Rufous-crowned sparrow | southwestern United States and Mexico | |
Aimophila notosticta | Oaxaca sparrow | Mexico | |
Aimophila rufescens | Rusty sparrow | Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. |
References edit
- ^ "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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