Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) - HBW 14
Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)
French: Moineau mélanure
German: Kapsperling
Spanish: Gorrión de El Cabo
Taxonomy: Loxia melanura Statius Müller, 1776, Cape Town, South Africa.
Hybridization with P. domesticus recorded. Race vicinus sometimes subsumed into nominate. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- damarensis Reichenow, 1902 - extreme SW Angola, Namibia, W and E Botswana and extreme W Zimbabwe S to N South Africa (S to Northern Cape, North West Province and N Limpopo Province).
- melanurus ( Statius Müller, 1776) - SW South Africa (S Northern Cape and Western Cape E to SW Free State).
- vicinus Clancey, 1958 - E South Africa (S Limpopo Province S to E Free State, W KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape) and Lesotho.
- Least Concern
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A pair feeding on the rocks Sani Pass, Lesotho (ssp melanurus)
Francesc Capdevila... 13 October 2002 6 years ago 22 sec 3.7 -
A bird on rocks, feeding Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Josep del Hoyo 17 July 1998 3 years ago 14 sec 3.3 -
A big group in a bush Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Josep del Hoyo 16 July 1998 3 years ago 20 sec 3.1 -
A pair on the rocks and then flying away Sani Pass, Lesotho (ssp melanurus)
Francesc Capdevila... 13 October 2002 6 years ago 9 sec 2.3
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Male Cape Sparrow or Mossie of the subspecies damarensis, at Sossusvlei, Namib desert, Namibia. Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Hans Hillewaert 14 June 2007 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4 -
Female Cape Sparrow or Mossie, at Sossusvlei, Namib desert, Namibia Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Hans Hillewaert 14 June 2007 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4 -
Male perched on rooftop Karoo National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Chris and Megan Pe... 21 March 2009 47 weeks ago 4 -
Single male, Side view Gauteng Province, South Africa
jmdebruyn 9 September 2006 38 weeks ago 3.8 -
Male and female Cape Sparrow Greyton, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Mike_G 20 January 2008 1 year ago 3
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Calling at 6am. Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia
(ssp damarensis)
Charles Hesse 12 November 2009 13 weeks ago 3
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