Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
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| Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | |
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| Non-breeding adult, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Passer |
| Species: | P. diffusus |
| Binomial name | |
| Passer diffusus (Smith, 1836) |
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The Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus) is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the Grey-headed Sparrow. It is found in savanna and woodland in Angola and Zambia down to South Africa.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Passer diffusus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/149114.
- ^ Craig, A. J. F. K. (1997). "Southern Greyheaded Sparrow". In Harrison, J. A.; Allan, D. G.; Underhill, L. G.; Herremans, M.; Tree, A. J.; Parker, V.; and Brown, C. J.. The Atlas of Southern African Birds. 1. BirdLife South Africa. http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/804.pdf.
[edit] External links
Media related to Passer diffusus at Wikimedia Commons- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow at the Internet Bird Collection
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