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Aimophila
Sign in to saveAimophila is a genus of American sparrows. The derivation of the genus name is from aimos/αιμος "thicket" and phila/φιλα "loving".
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPasserellidae
Observations recorded332,878
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Passerellidae
- Collections
- CUMV, NHMUK, ROM, DMNH, UF, MVZ
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
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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".
Some species that were formerly classified in Aimophila are now considered to be in the genus Peucaea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aimophila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.