Socotra Sparrow
Passer insularis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Socotra sparrow is a passerine bird endemic to the islands of Socotra, Samhah, and Darsah in the Indian Ocean, off the Horn of Africa. The taxonomy of this species and its relatives is complex, with some authorities, including BirdLife International, recognising this species and the very similar Abd al-Kuri sparrow, as well as several from mainland Africa, as separate, and others lumping all these species and the probably unrelated Iago sparrow.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passeridae
- Genus
- Passer