Kordofan Sparrow
Passer cordofanicusHeuglin, MT, 1874
English (US) Kordofan Sparrow
The Kordofan Sparrow (Passer cordofanicus) 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: eastern Chad to west-central SudanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Passer cordofanicus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Kordofan Sparrow
- Described by
- Heuglin, MT, 1874
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Heuglin, MT, 1874
- Type locality
- Kordofan (ex Passer motitensis, Heuglin, ibid., p. 634).
- Original description
- Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's, der Nilquellen- und Küsten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des nördlichen Somal-Landes 1 p.141
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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