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)
Ecuador and Peru
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LC
Yungas sparrow
Rhynchospiza dabbenei (Hellmayr, 1912)
Argentina
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LC
Chaco sparrow
Rhynchospiza strigiceps (Gould, 1839)
Gran Chaco region from south-central Paraguay into north-central Argentina
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