Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri)

Family
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

Size
14 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1872

Habitat
Temperate desert. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (P), Mongolia, Russia (Asian), Tajikistan (B), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Unknown to Afghanistan.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri) [XC814276]
by Ding Li Yong from Zhelturanga, Taukum Desert, Kazakhstan (alarm call, call)

Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri) [XC814353]
by id from Zhelturanga, Taukum Desert, Kazakhstan (alarm call)

Subspecies
Additional proposed subspecies are korejewi (described from eastern Transcaspia), included within nominate, and timidus (from Gobi Desert), subsumed into stoliczkae.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

ammodendri Gould, 1872 - Southern Kazakhstan and northern Uzbekistan (Kyzylkum Desert); Turkmenistan (Karakum Desert); possibly north-eastern Iran.
nigricans Stepanyan, 1961 - South-eastern Kazakhstan (Sary-Ishikotrau Desert), north-western China (northern Xinjiang) and extreme south-western Mongolia.
stoliczkae Hume, 1874 - China from southern Xinjiang (Kashgar and Taklimakan Desert) east to western Inner Mongolia and northern Ningxia (Ordos Desert); south-central Mongolia (Gobi Desert).

References
See References.

Files:

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