Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex)

Other Names (World)
Desert Sparrow, African Desert Sparrow, African White Sparrow

Family
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

Size
13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

Habitat
Desert and sandy areas.

Range (Guide)

Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (E) (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan (B), Uzbekistan.

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 (52)...)

Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex) [XC309901]
by Cedric Mroczko from Bir Soltane, Matmata, Gab\u00e8s, Tunisia (song)

Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex) [XC771453]
by Fernand Deroussen from N Erg Chebbi, Tisserdmine, Errachidia Province, Dr\u00e2a-Tafilalet, Morocco (song)

Subspecies
Passer simplex (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex) and Zarudny's Sparrow (Passer zarudnyi) following Kirwan et al. (2009): this treatment is under review by the BirdLife International.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

saharae Erlanger, 1899 - North-western Sahara Desert east to western Libya, southern at least to southern Algeria (Ahaggar) and Chad.
simplex (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Southern Sahara from Mauritania and Mali east to southern Egypt and Sudan.
zarudnyi Pleske, 1896 - Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Zarudny's Sparrow (Passer zarudnyi).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex) - 10 files

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