Swainson's Sparrow

Swainson's Sparrow

Taxobox
name = Swainson's Sparrow
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Passeridae
genus = "Passer"
species = "P. swainsonii"
binomial = "Passer swainsonii"
binomial_authority = Rüppell, 1840

Swainson's Sparrow ("Passer swainsonii") lives in the highlands of Ethiopia and Somalia.

It is often considered a race of Grey-headed Sparrow. This sparrow was named after the English ornithologist William Swainson.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern


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