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 pair feeding on the rocks Locality Sani Pass, Lesotho (ssp melanurus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 13 October 2002 9 years ago 22 sec 4.6 -
A bird on rocks, feeding Locality Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Josep del Hoyo 17 July 1998 6 years ago 14 sec 4.3 -
A big group in a bush Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Josep del Hoyo 16 July 1998 6 years ago 20 sec 4.1 -
A pair on the rocks and then flying away Locality Sani Pass, Lesotho (ssp melanurus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 13 October 2002 9 years ago 9 sec 2.3
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On a branch
Locality Karoo National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp melanurus)
Guy Poisson 16 November 2012 21 weeks ago 4.7 -
In the brush attached to the Protea Hotel
Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Lee Hunter 28 July 2010 15 weeks ago 4 -
On a branch
Locality Karoo National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 16 November 2012 21 weeks ago 4 -
mating couple
Locality Fish River Canyon National Park, Karas Region, Namibia
lsargentini 22 August 2011 32 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on a chair
Locality Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Rainer Mönke 15 December 2011 1 year ago 4 -
female
Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Rémi Bigonneau 2 April 2009 1 year ago 4
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Calling at 6am. Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia
(ssp damarensis)
Charles Hesse 12 November 2009 3 years ago 3
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