Aimophila
Rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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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
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

  1. ^ "Passerellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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