''Aimophila'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
American sparrow
New World sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds, forming the family Passerellidae. They are seed-eating birds with conical bills, brown or gray in color, and many species have distinctive head patterns.
Although they share th ...
s. The derivation of the genus name is from ''aimos''/αιμος "thicket" and ''phila''/φιλα "loving".
Some species that were formerly classified in ''Aimophila'' are now considered to be in the genus ''
Peucaea''.
Species in taxonomic order
References
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Bird genera
American sparrows
Birds of Mexico
Meso-American montane bird species
Taxa named by William Swainson