Cape Sparrow

Cape Sparrow

Taxobox
name = Mossie



image_width = 200px
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Passeridae
genus = "Passer"
species = "P. melanurus"
binomial = "Passer melanurus"
binomial_authority = (Statius Muller, 1776)
The Cape Sparrow or Mossie ("Passer melanurus") lives in dry areas of southern Africa.

References

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


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