Shelley's Sparrow
Passer shelleyiSharpe, RB, 1891
English (US) Shelley's Sparrow
The Shelley's Sparrow (Passer shelleyi) 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: southeastern South Sudan, southern and eastern Ethiopia, northwestern Somalia, northern Uganda, and far western KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Passer shelleyi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Shelley's Sparrow
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1891
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1891
- Type locality
- Lado [southern Sudan].
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.3, no.10 p.256-257
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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