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Aimophila quinquestriata

(Five Striped Sparrow)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Five Striped Sparrow, five-striped sparrow

Common Names in French:

Bruant pentaligne

Common Names in German:

Fünfstreifenammer

Common Names in Japanese:

ムナフスズメモドキ

Description

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Habitat

Vegetation: arid montane scrubs • Minimum Elevation: 500 meters • Maximum Elevation: 1,850 meters • Foraging Strata: Terrestrial • Center of Abundance: Upper tropical: higher slopes, 900-1,600 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Medium

Ecology:
List of Habitats : 3.7 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Avialae () - Gauthier, 1986
        Infraclass: Aves () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
        Cohort: Neognathae () - Pycraft, 1900
        Superorder: Passerimorphae () - Sibley et al., 1988
        Order: Passeriformes () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Suborder: Passeres () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
        Superfamily: Passeroidea () -
        Family: Emberizidae ()
        Subfamily: Emberizinae ()
        Tribe: Emberizini ()
        Genus: Aimophila () - Swainson, 1837
        Specific name: quinquestriata - (Sclater, PL & Salvin) 1868
        Scientific name: - Aimophila quinquestriata Van Rossem, 1934 (Sclater, PL & Salvin) 1868

Synonyms

Aimophila quinquestriata (Sclater & Salvin) • Aimophila quinquestriata (Sclater & Salvin, 1868) • Aimophila quinquestriata< /i> (Sclater

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Aimophila

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 28 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. aestivalis (Bachman's Sparrow Sparrow) · A. aestivalis aestivalis (Bachman's Sparrow Sparrow) · A. botterii (Arizona Summer Finch) · A. botterii arizonae (Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii botterii (Arizona Summer Finch) · A. botterii petenica (Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii texana (Botteri's Sparrow) · A. carpalis (Bendire's Summer Finch) · A. carpalis carpalis (Rufous-Winged Sparrow) · A. cassinii (Cassin's Summer Finch) · A. humeralis (Black-Chested Sparrow) · A. mystacalis (Bridled Sparrow) · A. notosticta (Oaxaca Sparrow) · A. quinquestriata (Five Striped Sparrow) · A. quinquestriata quinquestriata (Five Striped Sparrow) · A. rufescens (Rusty Sparrow) · A. rufescens rufescens (Rusty Sparrow) · A. ruficauda (Stripe-Headed Sparrow) · A. ruficauda ruficauda (Stripe-Headed Sparrow) · A. ruficeps (Californis Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps canescens (Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps eremoeca (Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps ruficeps (Californis Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps rupicola (Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. stolzmanni (Tumbes Sparrow) · A. strigiceps (Stripe-Capped Sparrow) · A. strigiceps strigiceps (Stripe-Capped Sparrow) · A. sumichrasti (Cinnamon-Tailed Sparrow)

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Further Reading

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Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr. 13 1938 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. url p. 517.
Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 97.
Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California By Elliot Coues. Boston, D. Estes and Company, 1903. url p. 427.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 22, p. 22.
The birds of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other island Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1901- url , .
Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 6 1931 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 300.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7316
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-730214
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13729360
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554030
IUCN ID: 53575
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBX97030
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13238

Last Revised: 7/14/2012