ADW: Aimophila ruficeps: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
        
        Passerida
        
        Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
        
        Passeroidea (sparrows and relatives)
        
        Family Emberizidae (buntings, American sparrows, and relatives)
        
        Genus Aimophila (aimophila sparrows)
        
        Species Aimophila ruficeps (rufous-crowned sparrow)
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps australis
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps boucardi
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps canescens
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps duponti
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps eremoeca
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps extima
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps fusca
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps laybournae
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps obscura
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps pallidissima
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps phillipsi
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps ruficeps
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps rupicola
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps sanctorum
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps scottii
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps simulans
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps soraria
        
        Subspecies Aimophila ruficeps suttoni

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Aimophila ruficepsrufous-crowned sparrow

Aimophila ruficeps
rufous-crowned sparrow