Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri) [XC814353]
by id from Zhelturanga, Taukum Desert, Kazakhstan (alarm call)
Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri) [XC814276]
by Ding Li Yong from Zhelturanga, Taukum Desert, Kazakhstan (alarm call, call)
Subspecies
Additional proposed subspecies are korejewi (described from eastern Transcaspia), included within nominate, and timidus (from Gobi Desert), subsumed into stoliczkae.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
ammodendri Gould, 1872 - Southern Kazakhstan and northern Uzbekistan (Kyzylkum Desert); Turkmenistan (Karakum Desert); possibly north-eastern Iran.
nigricans Stepanyan, 1961 - South-eastern Kazakhstan (Sary-Ishikotrau Desert), north-western China (northern Xinjiang) and extreme south-western Mongolia.
stoliczkae Hume, 1874 - China from southern Xinjiang (Kashgar and Taklimakan Desert) east to western Inner Mongolia and northern Ningxia (Ordos Desert); south-central Mongolia (Gobi Desert).