Biology:Aimophila

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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

Genus Aimophila – Swainson, 1837 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Rufous-crowned sparrow

Aimophila ruficeps
(Cassin, 1852)

Twelve subspecies
  • A. r. ruficeps
  • A. r. canescens
  • A. r. obscura
  • A. r. sanctorum
  • A. r. sororia
  • A. r. scottii
  • A. r. rupicola
  • A. r. simulans
  • A. r. eremoeca
  • A. r. fusca
  • A. r. boucardi
  • A. r. australis
southwestern United States and Mexico
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Oaxaca sparrow

Aimophila notosticta
(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) 		Mexico
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Rusty sparrow

Aimophila rufescens
(Swainson, 1827) 		Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 




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". Journal of Avian Biology 40 (2): 206–216. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04514.x. http://128.197.80.10/JAB2009.pdf. Retrieved 15 March 2013. 

Wikidata ☰ Q553031 entry



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