Biology:Rhynchospiza

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Rhynchospiza is a genus of American sparrows. It was formerly included in Aimophila, but recent molecular studies show these two to three species to merit their own genus.[1][2][3] All species are distributed in South America.

Species in taxonomic order

Genus Rhynchospiza – Ridgway, 1898 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Tumbes sparrow

Rhynchospiza stolzmanni
(Taczanowski, 1877) 		Ecuador and Peru
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Yungas sparrow

Rhynchospiza dabbenei
(Hellmayr, 1912) 		Argentina
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Chaco sparrow

Rhynchospiza strigiceps
(Gould, 1839) 		Gran Chaco region from south-central Paraguay into north-central Argentina
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


References

  1. ↑ DaCosta, J. M.; Spellman, G. M.; Escalante, P; Klicka, J (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. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201173314/http://128.197.80.10/JAB2009.pdf. 
  2. ↑ Remsen, J. V. (2010). "Resurrect Rhynchospiza for South American "Aimophila"". South American Classification Committee. Accessed 15 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/. 

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