Yungas sparrow

The Yungas sparrow (Rhynchospiza dabbenei) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae endemic to the Southern Andean Yungas of southeastern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It was formerly considered a subspecies of what was then called the stripe-capped sparrow (R. strigiceps).

Yungas sparrow
From Salta, Argentina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Rhynchospiza
Species:
R. dabbenei
Binomial name
Rhynchospiza dabbenei
(Hellmayr, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Rhynchospiza strigiceps dabbenei
  • Aimophila strigiceps dabbenei
  • Peucaea strigiceps dabbene
  • Zonotrichia strigiceps dabbenei
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