Biology:Aimophila
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Aimophila | |
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| Rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
Species in taxonomic order
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Aimophila ruficeps | Rufous-crowned sparrow | southwestern United States and Mexico |
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Aimophila notosticta | Oaxaca sparrow | Mexico |
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Aimophila rufescens | Rusty sparrow | Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. |
References
- ↑ "Passerellidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=232.
- ↑ 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". 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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