Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrow (Gymnoris xanthocollis) - HBW 14, p. 809
French: Moineau à gorge jaune
German: Gelbkehlsperling
Spanish: Gorrión Cuelligualdo
Other common names: Chestnut-shouldered Petronia/Sparrow, Yellow-throated Sparrow/Rock-sparrow/Petronia
Taxonomy: Fringilla xanthocollis E. Burton, 1838, Ganges between Calcutta and Benares, India.
Genus often subsumed into Petronia. Forms a superspecies with G. pyrgita, and sometimes treated as conspecific. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- transfuga E. J. O. Hartert, 1904 - SE Turkey, SE Iraq, SW Afghanistan and S Pakistan; possibly also the Syrian Euphrates.
- xanthocollis ( E. Burton, 1838) - E Afghanistan and N Pakistan E to S Nepal, and most of India.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
-
A male perched on a rock singing. Locality Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 14 weeks ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A male perched on a rock calling, changing perch and flying after listening alarm calls. Locality Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 14 weeks ago 18 sec 4.2 -
Ventral view of a male perched on a wire, looking around and shaking the plumage. Locality Keechan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 3 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 22 sec 4 -
Several birds drinking on puddles. Locality Khara Kharra Tanks, Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India (ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 22 sec 4 -
Dorsal view of a male perched on a rock, scratching the head and flying away. Locality Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 14 weeks ago 23 sec 4 -
A male perched in a treetop, calling and looking around. Locality Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 14 weeks ago 23 sec 3.7
-
Chestnut-shouldered Sparrow, Yellow-throated Sparrow; Chestnut-shouldered Bush-Sparrow
Locality Great Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Vaibhav Mishra 11 January 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
A male singing
Locality Masinagudi-Ooty Road, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 8 January 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
A male singing in a pistachio.
Locality Birecik, Turkey (ssp transfuga)
Henrik Bringsøe 15 May 2011 26 weeks ago 3.4 -
A female with food in the bill.
Locality Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad District, Gujarat, India
Manish Panchal 37 weeks ago 3 -
A bird in a tree.
Locality Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad District, Gujarat, India
Manish Panchal 37 weeks ago 3 -
Adult perched on a wire.
Locality Mahad, Raigad District, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India
Ryan Brookes 16 May 2008 2 years ago 2.8
-
A bird calling. Locality Naliya Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2011 11 weeks ago 5 -
A male singing. Locality Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 13 weeks ago 4 -
Male singing Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2007 2 years ago 4
Email this page