Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)

Russet-browed Bush-sparrow (Gymnoris dentata) - HBW 14, p. 810

French: Petit Moineau German: Buschsteinsperling Spanish: Gorrión Chico
Other common names: Bush Petronia/Sparrow, Lesser Petronia/Rock-sparrow

Taxonomy: Xanthodira dentata Sundevall, 1850, Ronga [=Abu Saad], on Blue Nile, Sudan.
Genus often subsumed into Petronia. Race buchanani rather weakly differentiated; species sometimes treated as monotypic. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

dentata ( Sundevall, 1850) - S Mauritania and Senegambia E in Sahel zone and savanna belt (except S Niger) to S Sudan, W Ethiopia and N Eritrea; also SW Arabia (S Yemen).
buchanani E. J. O. Hartert, 1921 - S Niger (Zinder province E to L Chad).

Least Concern

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A male calling near its nest. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 26 November 2005 3 years ago 3