Rhynchospiza

Rhynchospiza
	Stripe-capped sparrow (Rhynchospiza strigiceps)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Rhynchospiza; Ridgway, 1898
Species
	Rhynchospiza stolzmanni; Rhynchospiza strigiceps

Rhynchospiza is a genus of American sparrows. It was formerly included in Aimophila, but recent molecular studies show these two species to merit their own genus.[1][2] Both species are distributed in South America.

Species in taxonomic order

Tumbes sparrow, Rhynchospiza stolzmanni
Stripe-capped sparrow, Rhynchospiza strigiceps

References

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: 206–216. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04514.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01.
Remsen, J. V. (2010). "Resurrect Rhynchospiza for South American "Aimophila"". South American Classification Committee. Accessed 15 October 2012.

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[1] 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: 206–216. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04514.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01.

[SACC-2] Remsen, J. V. (2010). "Resurrect Rhynchospiza for South American "Aimophila"". South American Classification Committee. Accessed 15 October 2012.