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; 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:

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Sagebrush sparrow	Artemisiospiza nevadensis	western United States and northwestern Mexico.
	Bell's sparrow	Artemisiospiza belli	western United States and northwestern Mexico

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.

^ "Passerellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ 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.