Oaxaca sparrow

Oaxaca sparrow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Aimophila
Species: A. notosticta
Binomial name
Aimophila notosticta
(Sclater & Salvin, 1868)

The Oaxaca sparrow (Aimophila notosticta) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family that is endemic to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where it lives in dry forests and thornscrub.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.

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