Swahili Sparrow
Passer suahelicus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Swahili sparrow is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It lives in the savanna of southern Kenya and Tanzania. Until recently, it was usually treated as a subspecies of the northern grey-headed sparrow, with which it hybridizes in southern Tanzania and possibly elsewhere. It has a more rounded head profile however, a smaller eye and the grey head plumage extends unto the mantle.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passeridae
- Genus
- Passer