Rhynchospiza | |
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Yungas sparrow (Rhynchospiza dabbenei) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: |
Rhynchospiza Ridgway, 1898 |
Type species | |
Haemophila stolzmanni
[1] Taczanowski, 1877
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Species | |
Rhynchospiza dabbenei |
Rhynchospiza is a genus of American sparrows. It was formerly included in Aimophila, but recent molecular studies show these two to three species to merit their own genus. [2] [3] [4] All species are distributed in South America.
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Tumbes sparrow |
Rhynchospiza stolzmanni (Taczanowski, 1877) |
most of sub-Saharan Africa |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Yungas sparrow |
Rhynchospiza dabbenei (Hellmayr, 1912) |
most of sub-Saharan Africa |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Chaco sparrow |
Rhynchospiza strigiceps (Gould, 1839) |
Gran Chaco region from south-central Paraguay into north-central Argentina |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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