Other Names (World)
Sahel Bush-sparrow, Bush Petronia, Bush Sparrow, Russet-browed Bush-sparrow, Lesser Rock-sparrow, Lesser Petronia, Sahel Bush Sparrow
Sahel Bush Sparrow (Gymnoris dentata) [XC716080]
by Valentijn Hermans from University of Maiduguri, Campus, Nigeria (call)
Sahel Bush Sparrow (Gymnoris dentata) [XC714410]
by Christian Kerihuel from University Campus, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria (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).