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Rhynchospiza
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 Taczanowski, 1877
Species
Rhynchospiza dabbenei Rhynchospiza stolzmanni Rhynchospiza strigiceps

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. All species are distributed in South America.

Species in taxonomic order

Genus Rhynchospiza – Ridgway, 1898 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Tumbes sparrow	Rhynchospiza stolzmanni (Taczanowski, 1877)	most of sub-Saharan Africa	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Yungas sparrow	Rhynchospiza dabbenei (Hellmayr, 1912)	most of sub-Saharan Africa	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Chaco sparrow	Rhynchospiza strigiceps (Gould, 1839)	Gran Chaco region from south-central Paraguay into north-central Argentina	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. "Passerellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. DaCosta, J. M.; Spellman, G. M.; Escalante, P; Klicka, J (2009). "A molecular systematic revision of two historically problematic songbird clades: Aimophila and Pipilo" (PDF). Journal of Avian Biology. 40 (2): 206–216. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04514.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01.
3. Remsen, J. V. (2010). "Resurrect Rhynchospiza for South American "Aimophila"". South American Classification Committee. Accessed 15 October 2012.
4. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-01-12.

• Rhynchospiza
• Bird genera
• Birds of South America
• Taxa named by Robert Ridgway