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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Parrot-billed Sparrow* |
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Passer gongonensis |
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Description (10)
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Parrot-billed Sparrow
© oiseaux.net
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Family
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
Size
17 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Oustalet, 1890)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna.
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.
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Extreme south-eastern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, extreme eastern Uganda, most of Kenya, and extreme north-eastern Tanzania.
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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 (11)...)
Parrot-billed Sparrow (Passer gongonensis) [XC752935]
by Oliver Fowler from Naivasha Town (near Naivasha), Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya (song)
Parrot-billed Sparrow (Passer gongonensis) [XC398472]
by isaac kilusu from Galdessa Camp, Tsavo East, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus), Swainson's Sparrow (Passer swainsonii), Parrot-billed Sparrow (Passer gongonensis) and Swahili Sparrow (Passer suahelicus) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include swainsonii, gongonensis and suahelicus as subspecies of Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus).
Forms a superspecies with Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus), Swainson's Sparrow (Passer swainsonii), Swahili Sparrow (Passer suahelicus) and Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus). All are often treated as conspecific.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Parrot-billed Sparrow see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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