Overview
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Aimophila is a genus of . The derivation of the genus name is from aimos/a?µ?? 'thicket' and phila/f??a 'loving'.1]
Species in Taxonomic Order
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- Bridled Sparrow, Aimophila mystacalis
- Black-chested Sparrow, Aimophila humeralis
- Stripe-headed Sparrow, Aimophila ruficauda
- Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow, Aimophila sumichrasti
- Stripe-capped Sparrow, Aimophila strigiceps
- Tumbes Sparrow, Aimophila stolzmanni
- Bachman's Sparrow, Aimophila aestivalis
- Botteri's Sparrow, Aimophila botterii
- Cassin's Sparrow, Aimophila cassinii
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Aimophila ruficeps
- Rufous-winged Sparrow, Aimophila carpalis
- Five-striped Sparrow, Aimophila quinquestriata
- Oaxaca Sparrow, Aimophila notosticta
- Rusty Sparrow, Aimophila rufescens
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Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- 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 - Tetrapods
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Suborder: Passeri
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Superfamily: Passeroidea
- Family: Fringillidae
- Buntings, Finches
- Subfamily: Emberizinae
- Tribe: Emberizini
- Genus: Aimophila (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Aimophila Sparrows
- Tribe: Emberizini
- Subfamily: Emberizinae
- Family: Fringillidae
- Buntings, Finches
- Superfamily: Passeroidea
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Suborder: Passeri
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
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 · 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 0881926000.
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