Southern Rufous-Sparrow © bartho.blog

Forms a superspecies with Cape Verde Sparrow (Passer iagoensis), Kordofan Sparrow (Passer cordofanicus), White Nile Sparrow (Passer shelleyi), Kenya Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus) and Socotra Sparrow (Passer insularis). All sometimes considered conspecific.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

• benguellensis Lynes, 1926   -  Coastal south-western Angola and Namibia.
• motitensis Smith, 1836   -  Botswana and northern South Africa (northern northern Cape and North West Province).
• subsolanus Clancey, 1964   -  South-western Zimbabwe and northern and central South Africa (Limpopo Province south to northern and western Free State).

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