Sudan Golden Sparrow
Passer luteus(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
English (US) Sudan Golden Sparrow
The Sudan Golden Sparrow (Passer luteus) 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: Mauritania to Senegal, Burkina Faso, Sudan, and northern EthiopiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Passer luteus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sudan Golden Sparrow
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla luteus
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
- Type locality
- Dongola, Sudan.
- Original description
- Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen p.24
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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