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[[Image:Southern_Rufous_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by nkgray<br />Photo taken: Hotazel, Northern Cape, South Africa]] | [[Image:Southern_Rufous_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by nkgray<br />Photo taken: Hotazel, Northern Cape, South Africa]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 15-16 cm. It has a grey crown and rear neck and rufous upperparts. | + | Length 15-16 cm. It has a grey crown and rear neck and rufous upperparts. |
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| + | Similar to the [[House Sparrow]], but it is larger, the colours are brighter, and the rump is rufous rather than grey. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Africa]]. | + | Southern [[Africa]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ''Passer motitensis'' has three subspecies: | ||
| + | *''P. m. benguellensis'' | ||
| + | :*Southern [[Angola]] to [[Namibia]] | ||
| + | *''P. m. subsolanus'' | ||
| + | :*Southern [[Zimbabwe]] to north-eastrn [[South Africa]] and north-western [[Swaziland]] | ||
| + | *''P. m. motitensis'' | ||
| + | :*[[Botswana]] to central and western [[South Africa]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Dry, wooded savanna and towns. | Dry, wooded savanna and towns. | ||
Revision as of 05:56, 19 November 2008
- Passer motitensis
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.
Distribution
Southern Africa.
Taxonomy
Passer motitensis has three subspecies:
- P. m. benguellensis
- P. m. subsolanus
- Southern Zimbabwe to north-eastrn South Africa and north-western Swaziland
- P. m. motitensis
- Botswana to central and western South Africa
Habitat
Dry, wooded savanna and towns.
