''Rhynchospiza'' is a genus of
American sparrow
New World sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds, forming the family Passerellidae. They are seed-eating birds with conical bills, brown or gray in color, and many species have distinctive head patterns.
Although they share t ...
s. It was formerly included in ''
Aimophila
''Aimophila'' is a genus of American sparrows. The derivation of the genus name is from ''aimos''/αιμος "thicket" and ''phila''/φιλα "loving".
Some species that were formerly classified in ''Aimophila'' are now considered to be in the ...
'', but recent molecular studies show these two to three species to merit their own genus.
[Remsen, J. V. (2010)]
"Resurrect ''Rhynchospiza'' for South American "''Aimophila''""
South American Classification Committee
The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is an ornithological organization based in the United States. The society was formed in October 2016 by the merger of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and the Cooper Ornithological Society. Its m ...
. Accessed 15 October 2012. All species are distributed in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
.
Species in taxonomic order
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Tumbes sparrow
The Tumbes sparrow (''Rhynchospiza stolzmanni'') is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Description
The ...
, ''Rhynchospiza stolzmanni''
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Yungas sparrow, ''Rhynchospiza dabbenei''
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Chaco sparrow
The Chaco sparrow (''Rhynchospiza strigiceps''), formerly known as the stripe-capped sparrow, is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in Argentina and Paraguay.
Taxonomy and systematics
The current Chaco sparrow was ori ...
, ''Rhynchospiza strigiceps''
References
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Bird genera
Taxa named by Robert Ridgway