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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Emberizidae .
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Examples
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Cassin's sparrow, Peucaea cassinii (formerly, Aimophila cassinii; protonym, Zonotrichia cassinii), also known as Cassin's (summer) finch, photographed at Katy Prairie Conservancy, Texas (USA).
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Cassin's sparrow, Peucaea cassinii (formerly, Aimophila cassinii; protonym, Zonotrichia cassinii), also known as Cassin's (summer) finch, photographed at Katy Prairie Conservancy, Texas (USA).
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The rufous-winged sparrow (Aimophila carpalis) is fairly common in most parts of the Sonoran, but only along the central portion of the Arizona-Mexico border, seen in desert grass mixed with brush.
Sonoran desert 2009
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* _Aimophila ruficeps tenuirostris_ Burleigh and Lowery.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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The Andean tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii), Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), olive-crowned crescentchest (Melanopareia maximiliani), cliff flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea), stripe-capped sparrow (Aimophila strigiceps) and black and rufous warbling finch (Poospiza nigrorufa) are just a few of the many bird species found in this ecoregion.
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The Oaxaca sparrow (Aimophila notosticta), golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), russet nightingale-thrush (Catharus occidentalis), hooded yellowthroat (Geothlypis nelsoni), and collared towhee (Pipilo ocai) are also species which prefer the habitats offered by this mountainous ecoregion.
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