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
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A male perched on a rock singing. Locality Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 1 year ago 28 sec 4.6 -
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 1 year ago 18 sec 4.3 -
Several birds drinking on puddles. Locality Khara Kharra Tanks, Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India (ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 23 February 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 4.1 -
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 1 year ago 23 sec 4 -
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 1 year ago 22 sec 3.9 -
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 1 year ago 23 sec 3.7
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Yellow throated sparrow with chestnut shoulder and a tinge of red ( ! ) preched on a tree branch.
Locality Yavatmal, Yavatmal District, Maharashtra, India (ssp xanthocollis)
Jayant Atrey 31 March 2012 1 year ago 4.4 -
Chestnut-shouldered Sparrow, Yellow-throated Sparrow; Chestnut-shouldered Bush-Sparrow
Locality Great Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Vaibhav Mishra 11 January 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
on ibc this species is classified as chestnut shouldered bush sparrow(Gymnoris xanthocollis) but in oriental region and in india
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Jaysukh Parekh Suman 30 March 2012 1 year ago 4 -
A male singing
Locality Masinagudi-Ooty Road, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp xanthocollis)
vasanthan.p.j 8 January 2011 2 years ago 4 -
A male singing in a pistachio.
Locality Birecik, Turkey (ssp transfuga)
Henrik Bringsøe 15 May 2011 1 year ago 3.6 -
Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrow
Locality Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad District, Gujarat, India
drpankajmaheria 20 January 2013 20 weeks ago 3.5
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A bird calling. Locality Naliya Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2011 1 year ago 5 -
A male singing. Locality Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(ssp xanthocollis)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Male singing Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2007 3 years ago 4
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