Avibase: Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus] (Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow)

Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow

Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus] (= Passer griseus) (Vieillot, LJP 1817)

The northern grey-headed sparrow, also known as the grey-headed sparrow, is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae, which is resident in much of tropical Africa. It occurs in a wide range of open habitats, including open woodlands and human habitation, often occupying the same niche as the house sparrow does in Eurasia. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Passeridae
Genus:
   Passer
Scientific:
  Passer griseus

Original description

Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1817)

Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 12 p.198

Protonym:
Fringilla grisea

Type locality:
United States [error = Senegal (Lafresnaye, 1839, Rev. Zool., p. 95)].

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60160#page/212/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
2F9F81C9F4AB13F3

Avibase ID:
avibase-2F9F81C9

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/2F9F81C9

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561879

Geographic range:

Passer griseus: lowland and foothill grassland, savanna, and villages from southern Mauritania and Senegal eastward across the Sahel to central Sudan, eastern Eritrea, and eastern Ethiopia, and southward to northern Namibia, northern Botswana, northwestern Zimbabwe, and northern Mozambique, also Bioko (Gulf of Guinea); confusion with P. diffusus affects range limits in Tanzania
Passer griseus griseus: southern Mauritania and Senegal to Cameroon, western Central African Republic, and southern Chad, southward to northern Gabon
Passer griseus ugandae: eastern Sudan, Eritrea and northwestern Ethiopia southward to southern Gabon, Angola, northern Namibia, northern Zimbabwe, Malawi, and central Tanzania
Passer griseus laeneni: Mali to far northern Cameroon and west-central Sudan
Passer swainsonii: far northeastern Sudan to Ethiopia, northern Somalia, and north-central Kenya
Passer gongonensis: far southeastern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, eastern Uganda, Kenya, southern Somalia, and northeastern Tanzania
Passer suahelicus: southern Kenya to western Tanzania, Malawi, and northwestern Mozambique
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow
French:
Moineau gris, M. de Swainson, M. perroquet ou M. swahili

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Grey-headed, Swainson's, Parrot-billed or Swahili Sparrow ( Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis or suahelicus])
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Moineau gris ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ( Passer griseus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Passer [griseus, swainsonii, gongonensis, suahelicus or diffusus]

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