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Great Sparrow
Passer motitensis (Smith, A 1836)
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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto &
macaulaylibrary.org.
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Great Sparrow - Passer motitensis subsolanus | Niall Perrins | 2020-08-30 | West of Libangeni, Gauteng, Mbibana (South Africa) (950 m) | adult, male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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585890 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Peter Boesman | 2016-11-05 | Namibgrens guest farm, Khomas (Namibia) | call and song - [sono] | 346939 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Peter Boesman | 2016-11-06 | Namibgrens guest farm, Khomas (Namibia) | call - [sono] | 346937 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Peter Boesman | 2016-11-05 | Namibgrens guest farm, Khomas (Namibia) | song and call - Song and call in flight
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346943 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Filippo Ceccolini | 2025-08-21 | Ombika, Kunene Region, Outjo (Namibia) (1100 m) | call - [sono] | 1037329 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Peter Boesman | 2016-11-06 | Namibgrens guest farm, Khomas (Namibia) | song - [sono] | 346942 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Peter Boesman | 2016-11-06 | Namibgrens guest farm, Khomas (Namibia) | song - [also] [sono] | 346941 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Niall D Perrins | 2020-08-30 | , Gauteng (South Africa) | - | 612740456 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | David C. Moyer | null | - Recordist announces Passer motitensis. | 37203 macaulaylibrary.org |
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| Great Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Lynette Rudman | 2015-09-20 | Koster, Bojanala, North West, Northwest Province (South Africa) (1100 m) | call, male - Male bird seen calling from a low tree in late winter in very dry conditions. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
283347 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Roger McNeill | 2019-11-08 | , Khomas (Namibia) | - | 653016255 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Jacob Henry | Rockrunner & Co | 2025-12-10 | , Khomas (Namibia) | - | 646736460 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Ken Behrens | 2021-09-08 | Kapembawe Lodge - Talamajamga (ANGOLA BIRDING ROUTE), Benguela, Angola, Baía Farta (Angola) | - | 404377481 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Anne Bielamowicz | 2024-09-09 | , Khomas (Namibia) | - | 623565351 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Tom Stephenson | 2015-08-02 | Erongo, Erongo, Namibia, Erongo (Namibia) | - Habitat: Rocky hillsides, scrub. ML: 150 high-pass filter applied by the recordist. | 221293 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Lynette Rudman | 2017-11-19 | Kgalagadi South, Kgalagadi District, Kgalagadi (Botswana) (1100 m) | song - Bird seen foraging and calling near a campsite in the middle of the Kalahari. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
397195 xeno-canto.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | David C. Moyer | null | - | 37206 macaulaylibrary.org |
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| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Jacob Henry | 2025-05-24 | , Hardap (Namibia) | - | 637107521 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING | 2009-11-14 | , Erongo (Namibia) | - | 203933321 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Barry Reed | 2025-09-08 | , Khomas (Namibia) | - | 642237984 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Jacob Henry | Rockrunner & Co | 2026-03-14 | , Khomas (Namibia) | - | 652961094 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Ken Behrens | 2021-09-08 | Kapembawe Lodge - Talamajamga (ANGOLA BIRDING ROUTE), Benguela, Angola, Baía Farta (Angola) | - | 404377471 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Rufous Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Phil Stouffer | 2022-09-25 | , Hardap (Namibia) | - | 490529601 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Great Sparrow - Passer motitensis | Peter Boesman | 2016-11-05 | Namibgrens guest farm, Khomas (Namibia) | call - [sono] | 346940 xeno-canto.org |
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