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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Swahili Sparrow* |
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Passer suahelicus |
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Description (10)
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Swahili Sparrow
© oiseaux.net
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Family
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
Size
15 cm
First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1904
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna.
Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania [United Republic of].
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Southern Kenya and northern Tanzania south, patchily, to south-western 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 (10)...)
Swahili Sparrow (Passer suahelicus) [XC426338]
by Frank Lambert from Babati, Manyara Region, Tanzania (call)
Swahili Sparrow (Passer suahelicus) [XC835025]
by Oliver Fowler from Mara Ngenche Camp, Mara, Narok County, Kenya (call)
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 Swainson's Sparrow (Passer swainsonii), Parrot-billed Sparrow (Passer gongonensis), Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus) and Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus). All are often treated as conspecific.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Swahili Sparrow see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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