Sahel Bush Sparrow
Gymnoris dentata(Sundevall, CJ, 1850)
English (US) Sahel Bush Sparrow
The Sahel Bush Sparrow (Gymnoris dentata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Passeridae (Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southern Mauritania to Guinea, eastward to southern Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, and western Ethiopia; western YemenRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gymnoris dentata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sahel Bush Sparrow
- Described by
- (Sundevall, CJ, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Xanthodira dentata
- Described by
- (Sundevall, CJ, 1850)
- Type locality
- NE. Afrika. (Type in Stockholm Museum from Ronga [= Abu Saad] on the Blue Nile, Sudan).
- Original description
- Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 7, no.5 p.127
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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