Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) [XC392614]
by Hans Matheve from South of Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa (song)
Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) [XC576344]
by Tony Archer from City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (near Sandton), City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa (alarm call, begging call, hatchling or nestling)
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.