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.