Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) - HBW 14
Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrow (Gymnoris xanthocollis)
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
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Male singing on tree Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2007 8 weeks ago 13 sec 3.3 -
A bird perched on a wire Goa, India (ssp transfuga)
Tom Tarrant 31 October 1997 4 years ago 27 sec 2.6 -
A bird softly calling from a high branch. Chambal River Lodge, Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India (ssp transfusa)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 February 2008 1 year ago 10 sec 1.8
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Adult perched on a wire. Mahad, Raigad District, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India
Ryan Brookes 16 May 2008 21 weeks ago 2.8 -
A male bird Thengumarahada, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 13 February 2010 5 weeks ago 2
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Male singing Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2007 8 weeks ago 4
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