Overview
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Aimophila is a genus of American sparrows. The derivation of the genus name is from aimos/a???? 'thicket' and phila/f??a 'loving'.1]
Species in taxonomic order
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- Stripe-capped Sparrow, Aimophila strigiceps
- Tumbes Sparrow, Aimophila stolzmanni
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Aimophila ruficeps
- Oaxaca Sparrow, Aimophila notosticta
- Botteri's Sparrow, Aimophila botterii
- Rusty Sparrow, Aimophila rufescens
Some species have been reassigned to other genera.
gicepsSome species have been reassigned to other genera.
References
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- ^ 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.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Aimophila is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 59 species and subspecies in the Genus Aimophila: A. acuminata · A. aestivalis (Bachman's Sparrow Sparrow) · A. aestivalis aestivalis (Bachman's Sparrow Sparrow) · A. aestivalis bachmani · A. aestivalis illinoensis · A. botteri · A. botterii (Arizona Summer Finch) · A. botterii arizonae (Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii botterii (Arizona Summer Finch) · A. botterii goldmani · A. botterii petenica (Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii texana (Texas Botteri's Sparrow) · A. botterii vulcanica · A. carapalis carapalis · A. carpalis (Bendire's Summer Finch) · A. carpalis carpalis (Bendire's Summer Finch) · A. carpalis cohaerens · A. cassinii (Cassin's Summer Finch) · A. humeralis (Black-Chested Sparrow) · A. mystacalis (Bridled Sparrow) · A. notosticta (Oaxaca Sparrow) · A. petenica · A. quinquestriata (Five-Striped Sparrow) · A. quinquestriata quinquestriata (Five-Striped Sparrow) · A. quinquestriata septentrionalis · A. rufescens (Rusty Sparrow) · A. rufescens antonensis · A. rufescens discolor · A. rufescens hypaethrus · A. rufescens mcleodii · A. rufescens meleodii · A. rufescens pectoralis · A. rufescens pyrgitoides · A. rufescens rufescens (Rusty Sparrow) · A. ruficauda (Stripe-Headed Sparrow) · A. ruficauda acuminata · A. ruficauda connectens · A. ruficauda lawrencii · A. ruficauda ruficauda (Stripe-Headed Sparrow) · A. ruficeps (Californis Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps australis · A. ruficeps boucardi · A. ruficeps canescens (Southern California Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps eremoeca (Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps fusca · A. ruficeps obscura · A. ruficeps ruficeps (Californis Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps rupicola (Yuma Rufous-Crowned Sparrow) · A. ruficeps sanctorum · A. ruficeps scotti · A. ruficeps scottii · A. ruficeps simulans · A. ruficeps sororia · A. ruficeps x · A. stolzmanni (Tumbes Sparrow) · A. strigiceps (Stripe-Capped Sparrow) · A. strigiceps dabbenei · A. strigiceps strigiceps (Stripe-Capped Sparrow) · A. sumichrasti (Cinnamon-Tailed Sparrow)
References
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- ^ 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.
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