Biology:Shelley's sparrow

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Short description: Species of bird

Shelley's sparrow
Shelley's Rufous Sparrow - 27-08-06 Murchison Falls - Uganda NP Uganda 06 5442 (28909858907).jpg
A male in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer
Species:
P. shelleyi
Binomial name
Passer shelleyi
Sharpe, 1891
Synonyms
List
  • Passer cordofanicus shelleyi
  • Passer iagoensis shelleyi
  • Passer motitensis shelleyi
  • Passer rufocinctus shelleyi
A detail of an illustration by Henrik Grönvold, showing a male Shelley's sparrow

Shelley's sparrow (Passer shelleyi), also known as Shelley's rufous sparrow or the White Nile rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in eastern Africa from South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and north-western Somalia to northern Uganda and north-western Kenya.[1][2] Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow.[3] This species is named after English geologist and ornithologist George Ernest Shelley.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2018). "Passer shelleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22736010A132187775. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22736010A132187775.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22736010/132187775. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. BirdLife International (2010). "Species factsheet: Passer shelleyi". http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=32619&m=0. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/weavers/. 
  4. Boelens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press. p. 310. ISBN 0-300-10359-X. 

Works cited

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q1316040 entry