Sahel Bush-sparrow (Gymnoris dentata)

Other Names (World)
Sahel Bush-sparrow, Bush Petronia, Bush Sparrow, Russet-browed Bush-sparrow, Lesser Rock-sparrow, Lesser Petronia, Sahel Bush Sparrow

Family
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sundevall, 1850)

Range (Guide)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, C�te dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Yemen (B).

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 (37)...)

Sahel Bush Sparrow (Gymnoris dentata) [XC782040]
by Alain Verneau from Pointe Saint-Georges, Oussouye, Casamance, Senegal (song)

Sahel Bush Sparrow (Gymnoris dentata) [XC294949]
by George Vlad from Gurage, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies buchanani rather weakly differentiated. Species sometimes treated as monotypic.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

dentata (Sundevall, 1850) - Southern Mauritania and Senegambia eastern in Sahel zone and savanna belt (except southern Niger) to southern Sudan, western Ethiopia and northern Eritrea. Also south-western Arabia (southern Yemen).
buchanani E. J. O. Hartert, 1921 - Southern Niger (Zinder province east to L Chad).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sahel Bush-sparrow (Gymnoris dentata) - 10 files

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