Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, high altitude shrubland, dry savanna, urban areas, rural gardens, arable land. From sea-level - 4,500 m.
Swainson's Sparrow (Passer swainsonii) [XC171542]
by Andrew Spencer from Hargeisa City, Somaliland, Somalia (call)
Swainson's Sparrow (Passer swainsonii) [XC300536]
by Oscar Campbell from Simbo resort, Lake Langano, Ethiopia (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
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 Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus).