Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) - HBW 14
Chestnut Sparrow (Passer eminibey)
French: Moineau d'Emin
German:
Spanish: Gorrión Castaño
Other common names: Emin Bey's Sparrow
Taxonomy: Sorella eminibey Hartlaub, 1880, Lado, northern Uganda.
Formerly placed in a monotypic genus, Sorella. Has been placed in the superspecies formed by P. luteus and P. euchlorus, but this arrangement considered doubtfully valid. Monotypic.
Distribution: W, SE & S Sudan, S Ethiopia, N & NE Uganda and much of Kenya S to NE, C & E Tanzania.
- Least Concern
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A bird in non breeding plumage drinking from accumulated rain water Yabello, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 8 December 2007 2 years ago 47 sec 2.9 -
A male in non-breeding plumage Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 December 2005 3 years ago 19 sec 2.7
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A bird perched in a bare tree Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Robert Wynands 22 December 2002 14 weeks ago 3
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