Rusty-crowned ground sparrow | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: | Melozone |
Species: | M. kieneri |
Binomial name | |
Melozone kieneri (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
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The rusty-crowned ground sparrow's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
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