Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
Somali Sparrow (Passer castanopterus) - HBW 14, p. 795
French: Moineau de Somalie
German: Somalisperling
Spanish: Gorrión Somalí
Taxonomy: Passer castanopterus Blyth, 1855, Somalia.
Has been considered to form a superspecies with P. rutilans, and sometimes treated as conspecific; similarities in plumage and morphology between the two likely a matter of convergence, rather than close relationship. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- castanopterus Blyth, 1855 - Djibouti, Somalia and E Ethiopia (E from c. 41° E).
- fulgens Friedmann, 1931 - extreme S Ethiopia and N Kenya (S to Kapedo and Marsabit).
- Least Concern
- No sound recordings available yet
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