Sahel bush sparrow

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Sahel bush sparrow
Male Gymnoris dentata dentata
Female Gymnoris dentata dentata
both in Senegal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Gymnoris
Species:
G. dentata
Binomial name
Gymnoris dentata
(Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms

Petronia dentata

The bush petronia (Gymnoris dentata, formerly Petronia dentata) is a species of bird in the family Passeridae.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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