Parrot-billed Sparrow
Passer gongonensis(Oustalet, J-FÉ, 1890)
English (US) Parrot-billed Sparrow
The Parrot-billed Sparrow (Passer gongonensis) 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: far southeastern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, eastern Uganda, Kenya, southern Somalia, and northeastern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Passer gongonensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Parrot-billed Sparrow
- Described by
- (Oustalet, J-FÉ, 1890)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pseudostruthus gongonensis
- Described by
- (Oustalet, J-FÉ, 1890)
- Type locality
- Gongoni, near Mombasa.
- Original description
- Le Naturaliste (2), 4 p.274
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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