Swainson's Sparrow
Passer swainsonii(RĂĽppell, WPES, 1840)
English (US) Swainson's Sparrow
The Swainson's Sparrow (Passer swainsonii) 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 northeastern Sudan to Ethiopia, northern Somalia, and north-central KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Passer swainsonii
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Swainson's Sparrow
- Described by
- (RĂĽppell, WPES, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pyrgita swainsonii
- Described by
- (RĂĽppell, WPES, 1840)
- Type locality
- Abyssinia.
- Original description
- Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Vögel p.94 pl.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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