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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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"Tico-tico" is a little bird (Zonotrichia capensis) and "fubá" is maize flour.
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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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"Tico-tico" is a little bird (Zonotrichia capensis) and "fubá" is maize flour.
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Birds include the Adean condor (Vultur gryphus), Rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis), Fuegian Snipe (Gallinago stricklandii), and frailejón (Libanothamnus glossophyllus).
Santa Marta páramo 2008
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Migratory sleeplessness in the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii).
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Several birds, such as the Peruvian song-sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) and the Pacific blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) visit the lomas at the beginning of the winter when many insect pupae hatch.
Atacama desert 2007
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I was several times told by the country people that there certainly is some bird having this habit; and my assistant in collecting, who is a very accurate person, found a nest of the sparrow of this country (Zonotrichia matutina), with one egg in it larger than the others, and of a different colour and shape.
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I was several times told by the country people that there certainly is some bird having this habit; and my assistant in collecting, who is a very accurate person, found a nest of the sparrow of this country (Zonotrichia matutina), with one egg in it larger than the others, and of a different colour and shape.
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Sparrow, White-throated Zonotrichia albicollis 168
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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