The Kordofan sparrow (Passer cordofanicus), also known as the Kordofan rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found only in southwestern Sudan and adjacent border regions of South Sudan and Chad.[2] It is frequently considered a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow, which in turn is considered a subspecies of the great sparrow.[3]
Kordofan sparrow | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passeridae |
Genus: | Passer |
Species: | P. cordofanicus |
Binomial name | |
Passer cordofanicus Heuglin, 1874 | |
Synonyms | |
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Passer cordofanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22736015A132187972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22736015A132187972.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International (2010). "Species factsheet: Passer cordofanicus". Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ Kirwan, Guy M. (2008). "Studies of Socotran Birds III. Morphological and mensural evidence for a 'new' species in the Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis complex endemic to the island of Abd 'Al Kuri, with the validation of Passer insularis Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 128 (2): 83–93.
- Further reading
- Sclater, W. L.; Mackworth-Praed, C. (2008). "A List of the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, based on the Collections of Mr. A. L. Butler, Mr. A. Chapman and Capt. H. Lynes, R. N., and Major Cuthebert Christy, R. A. M. C. (T. F.). Part IV (concluded). Pelecanidæ–Struthionidæ". The Ibis. 11. 2 (4): 781–854. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1920.tb06750.x.
- Summers-Smith, J. Denis (1988). The Sparrows. illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Calton, Staffs, England: T. & A. D. Poyser. ISBN 0-85661-048-8.
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