Oaxaca Sparrow
Aimophila notosticta(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1868)
English (US) Oaxaca Sparrow
The Oaxaca Sparrow (Aimophila notosticta) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Passerellidae (New World Sparrows) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: arid highlands of southern Mexico (central Oaxaca)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aimophila notosticta
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Oaxaca Sparrow
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1868)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Peucaea notosticta
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1868)
- Type locality
- central Mexico ; probably Puebla, fide Salvin and Godman, 1886, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 1, p. 393.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868, pt.2 p.322
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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