Artemisiospiza

Artemisiospiza
Adult sagebrush sparrow (A. nevadensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Artemisiospiza Klicka & Banks, 2011
Type species
Emberiza belli[1] Cassin, 1850
Species
Artemisiospiza nevadensis Artemisiospiza belli

Artemisiospiza is a genus of birds in the American sparrow family, formally described by Klicka and Banks, 2011.^[2]

Species

It contains two species:

Genus Artemisiospiza – Klicka & Banks, 2011 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Sagebrush sparrow	Artemisiospiza nevadensis (Ridgway, 1874)	western United States and northwestern Mexico.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Bell's sparrow	Artemisiospiza belli (Cassin, 1850)	western United States and northwestern Mexico	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

The two species historically comprised the sage sparrow complex, but were split in 2013 by the American Ornithological Society.

Both Artemisiospiza species inhabit dry areas of the western United States and northern Mexico.

References

1. "Passerellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Klicka, John; Banks, Richard C. (2011-03-17). "A generic name for some sparrows (Aves: Emberizidae)". Zootaxa. 2793: 67–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2793.1.7. Retrieved 2018-02-04.