Kenya Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus)

Other Names (World)
Kenya Sparrow, Kenya Rufous-Sparrow, Rufous Sparrow, Kenya Rufous Sparrow

Family
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Fischer & Reichenow, 1884

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland and grassland, dry savanna, arable land, urban areas, rural gardens.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Tanzania [United Republic of].

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 (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (47)...)

Kenya Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus) [XC364472]
by Rory Nefdt from Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya (call)

Kenya Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus) [XC18468]
by isaac kilusu from Lake Elementaita, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Passer motitensis (Dowsett and Forbes-Watson 1993) has been split into six species: Great Sparrow (Passer motitensis), Kenya Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus), and Socotra Sparrow (Passer insularis) following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993), Urban (2004) and Kirwan (2008), and White Nile Sparrow (Passer shelleyi), Kordofan Sparrow (Passer cordofanicus) and Abd al Kuri Sparrow (Passer hemileucus) following Urban (2004) and Kirwan (2008).

Forms a superspecies with Cape Verde Sparrow (Passer iagoensis), Kordofan Sparrow (Passer cordofanicus), White Nile Sparrow (Passer shelleyi), Socotra Sparrow (Passer insularis) and Great Sparrow (Passer motitensis). All sometimes considered conspecific.

References
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