Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) [XC835536]
by id from Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa (song)
Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) [XC523672]
by Nature Sounds by Simply Birding from Aloe Canyons area, Swellendam Local Municipality, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
Subspecies vicinus sometimes subsumed into nominate.
Hybridization with House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) has been recorded.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
damarensis Reichenow, 1902 - Extreme south-western Angola, Namibia, western and eastern Botswana and extreme western Zimbabwe south to northern South Africa (south to northern Cape, North West Province and northern Limpopo Province).
melanurus (Müller, 1776) - South-western South Africa (southern northern Cape and western Cape east to south-western Free State).
vicinus Clancey, 1958 - Eastern South Africa (southern Limpopo Province south to eastern Free State, western KwaZulu-Natal and eastern Cape) and Lesotho.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet