Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
Pegu Sparrow (Passer flaveolus) - HBW 14, p. 796
French: Moineau flavéole
German: Gelbbauchsperling
Spanish: Gorrión Liso
Other common names: Plain-backed/Olive-crowned Sparrow, Pegu House Sparrow
Taxonomy: Passer flaveolus Blyth, 1845, Arakan, Myanmar.
Probably evolved from an isolated population of sparrows that was trapped in an unglaciated refugium in Mekong Delta (S Vietnam) during last glaciation of Pleistocene (25,000-15,000 years ago). Monotypic.
Distribution: Myanmar (except N & SW), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, C & S Vietnam and N Peninsular Malaysia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult males, initially perched with a female House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in open scrub, dorsal, frontal and lateral views. Locality Laem Pak Bia-Pak Thale, Phetchaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Mark Andrews 7 February 2012 1 year ago 49 sec 4 -
A female perched on a stick, mostly lateral views. Locality Laem Pak Bia-Pak Thale, Phetchaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Mark Andrews 7 February 2012 1 year ago 16 sec 3.7 -
short shots of a male in the trees Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Eldert Groenewoud 23 February 2009 3 years ago 17 sec 3.7 -
Adult male Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Eldert Groenewoud 23 February 2009 3 years ago 22 sec 3.7 -
A male calling from a tree. Locality Nakhon Phanom Province, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 25 January 2012 1 year ago 18 sec 3.6 -
Collecting some nesting material. Locality North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 29 March 2008 3 years ago 14 sec 3
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adult perched
Locality Environmental Research and Development Project (King's Project), Laem Pak Bia-Pak Thale, Phetchaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand
Marco Valentini 15 March 2013 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
A male bird is collecting some nesting material.
Locality South Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 29 March 2008 3 years ago 2.5 -
A male bird collecting some nesting material.
Locality South Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 29 March 2008 3 years ago 2.3
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