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Aimophila

Aimophila
Rufous Crowned Sparrow A.r. eremoeca Texas.jpg
Aimophila ruficeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Aimophila
Swainson, 1837
Species

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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.


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