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Southern Rufous Sparrow

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Photo by nkgray
Photo taken: Hotazel, Northern Cape, South Africa

Passer motitensis

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

Length 15-16 cm. It has a grey crown and rear neck and rufous upperparts.

Similar to the House Sparrow, but it is larger, the colours are brighter, and the rump is rufous rather than grey.

[edit] Distribution

Southern Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Passer motitensis has three subspecies:¹

P. m. benguellensis

Southern Angola to Namibia

P. m. subsolanus

Southern Zimbabwe to north-eastern South Africa and north-western Swaziland

P. m. motitensis

Botswana to central and western South Africa

[edit] Habitat

Dry, wooded savanna and towns.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019