Oaxaca sparrow

{{short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Aimophila notosticta.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=Aimophila notosticta |volume=2020 |page=e.T22721291A136947285 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721291A136947285.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Aimophila

| species = notosticta

| authority = (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868)

| range_map = Aimophila notosticta map.svg

}}

The Oaxaca sparrow (Aimophila notosticta) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae that is endemic to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where it lives in dry forests and thornscrub. The population is in slow decline due to habitat loss.

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