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Somali Sparrow
Passer castanopterus Blyth, E 1855
The Somali sparrow is a species of bird in the family Passeridae found in Somaliland, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Passeridae
Genus:
Passer
Scientific:
Passer castanopterus
Original description
Citation:
Blyth, E 1855
Reference:
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal
24(1855) p.302
Protonym:
Passer castanopterus
Type locality:
Somaliland.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268596
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
1D25E0DBACE90EF4
Avibase ID:
avibase-1D25E0DB
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1D25E0DB
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561874
Geographic range:
- Passer castanopterus castanopterus: E Ethiopia and Somalia
- Passer castanopterus fulgens: Extreme sw Ethiopia to n-central Kenya
Source: Clements checklist
Somali Sparrow
Catalan:
pardal de Somàlia
Czech:
vrabec rezavokřídlý
Danish:
Somalispurv
German:
Somalisperling
Spanish:
Gorrión Somalí
Spanish (Spain):
Gorrión Somalí
Finnish:
somalianvarpunen
French:
Moineau de Somalie
Croatian:
somalijski vrabac
Hungarian:
szomáli veréb
Italian:
Passera di Somalia
Japanese (romaji):
kuribanesuzume
Japanese:
クリバネスズメ
Lithuanian:
Somalinis žvirblis
Dutch:
Somalische Mus
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Somalisporv
Norwegian:
Somalispurv
Polish:
wróbel rudogłowy
Portuguese:
pardal-somali
Portuguese (Portugal):
pardal-somali
Russian:
Сомалийский воробей
Slovak:
vrabec hnedohlavý
Serbian:
Somalijski vrabac
Swedish:
somaliagråsparv
Ukrainian:
Горобець рудоголовий
Chinese:
索马里麻雀
Chinese (Traditional):
索馬利麻雀
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Moineau de Somalie ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Moineau de Somalie ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Passer castanopterus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Passer castanopterus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Passer castanopterus [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Somali Sparrow ( Passer castanopterus) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Passer castanopterus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Passer castanopterus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Azerbaijani: Somali sərçəsi
Catalan: pardal de Somàlia
Czech: Vrabec rezavokrídlý, vrabec rezavokřídlý
Danish: Somalispurv
German: Somalisperling
English: Somali Sparrow
English, HBW: Somali Sparrow
English (IOC): Somali Sparrow
English (Kenya): Somali Sparrow
English (United States): Somali Sparrow
Esperanto: Somala pasero
Spanish: Gorrión Somalí
Spanish (Spain): Gorrión Somalí
Spanish (HBW): Somali Sparrow
Estonian: somaali varblane
Finnish: Somalianvarpunen
French: Moineau de Somalie
Croatian: somalijski vrabac
Hungarian: szomáli veréb
Italian: Passera di Somalia, Passero somalo
Japanese (romaji): kuribanesuzume
Japanese: クリバネスズメ
Mongolian, Halh: сомалийн боршувуу
Scientific: Passer castanopterus, Passer castanopterus castanopterus
Lithuanian: Somalinis žvirblis
Mongolian: сомалийн боршувуу
Dutch: Somalische Mus
Norwegian Nynorsk: Somalisporv
Norwegian: Somalispurv
Polish: wróbel rudoglowy, wróbel rudogłowy
Portuguese: pardal-somali
Portuguese (Portugal): pardal-somali
Russian: Сомалийский воробей
Slovak: vrabec hnedohlavý
Serbian: Somalijski vrabac
Swedish: somaliagråsparv, Somaligråsparv
Swahili: Shomoro Somali
Turkish: Somali serçesi
Ukrainian: Горобець рудоголовий
Chinese: 索马里麻雀
Chinese (Traditional): 索馬利麻雀
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