Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
Cape Verde Sparrow (Passer iagoensis) - HBW 14, p. 798
French: Moineau du Cap-Vert
German: Kapverdensperling
Spanish: Gorrión de Cabo Verde
Other common names: Iago/Rufous-backed Sparrow
Taxonomy: Pyrgita Iagoensis Gould, 1838, São Tiago, Cape Verde Islands.
Forms a superspecies with P. cordofanicus, P. shelleyi, P. insularis, P. rufocinctus and P. motitensis, and all sometimes considered conspecific. Treated as distinct species on grounds mainly of morphological and behavioural differences from others. Monotypic.
Distribution: Cape Verde Is, off W Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Different views of a male and female foraging on dek of the Plancius. These Endemic birds came ship assist to the Nederlands all Locality Hansweert, Zeeland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 20 May 2013 3 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 58 sec 4.6 -
A female foraging on the ground, a male joins her; finally the female is seen perched Locality Mindelo, Sao Vicente Island, Cape Verde (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 13 March 2008 4 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A male perched on a branch, then on the ground feeding where it is joined by a female; at the end a subadult male is seen foragi Locality Mindelo, Sao Vicente Island, Cape Verde (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 13 March 2008 4 years ago 36 sec 4.4 -
Different views of a male and female feeding on dek of the Plancius. These Endemic birds came ship assist to the Nederlands all Locality Hansweert, Zeeland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 20 May 2013 1 day ago ADDED LAST WEEK 1 min 40 sec 4.3
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