Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) - HBW 14, p. 800
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 Enlarge map
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A bird on rocks, feeding Locality Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Josep del Hoyo 17 July 1998 5 years ago 14 sec 4.1 -
A pair feeding on the rocks Locality Sani Pass, Lesotho (ssp melanurus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 13 October 2002 8 years ago 22 sec 3.9 -
A big group in a bush Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Josep del Hoyo 16 July 1998 5 years ago 20 sec 3.1 -
A pair on the rocks and then flying away Locality Sani Pass, Lesotho (ssp melanurus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 13 October 2002 8 years ago 9 sec 2.3
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A bird on a chair
Locality Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Rainer Mönke 15 December 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Female Cape Sparrow or Mossie, at Sossusvlei, Namib desert, Namibia
Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Hans Hillewaert 14 June 2007 1 year ago 4 -
female
Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Rémi Bigonneau 2 April 2009 12 weeks ago 3.9 -
Male Cape Sparrow or Mossie of the subspecies damarensis, at Sossusvlei, Namib desert, Namibia.
Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Hans Hillewaert 14 June 2007 1 year ago 3.9 -
Male perched on rooftop
Locality Karoo National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Chris and Megan Perkins 21 March 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
A perching bird
Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 29 March 2011 7 weeks ago 3.8
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Calling at 6am. Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia
(ssp damarensis)
Charles Hesse 12 November 2009 2 years ago 3
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