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Thicket sparrows
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Thicket sparrows

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 genus Peucaea.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

speciesAimophila ruficeps

Rusty Sparrow

speciesAimophila rufescens

Oaxaca Sparrow

speciesAimophila notosticta

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9951.