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Parrot-billed Sparrow

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Passer gongonensis
Photo by JWN Andrewes in Nairobi, Kenya
Photo by JWN Andrewes in Nairobi, Kenya

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[edit] Identification

[edit] Similar Species

Grey-headed Sparrow.

[edit] Distribution

East central Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Considered by some authorities to be a type of Grey-headed Sparrow. However, Sibley & Monroe (1993, 1996), Clements (2005, 2007) and Gill & Wright (2006, 2007) consider Passer gongonensis to be a separate species (Lepage, 2007).

[edit] Habitat

Arid lowlands

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

Lepage D. 2007. Avibase. Search for Passer gongonenesis downloaded 13 September 2007.

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