Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) [XC490120]
by Frank Lambert from Klerksdorp, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (song)
Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) [XC392614]
by Hans Matheve from South of Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa (song)
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.