Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Vieillot, LJP 1817)

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

Protonym:
  Fringilla grisea

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8AF9A02A10A2D405

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8AF9A02A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8AF9A02A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561879

Geographic range:

• Passer griseus griseus: southern Mauritania and Senegal to Cameroon, western Central African Republic, southern Chad, south to northern Gabon
• Passer griseus ugandae: eastern Sudan, Eritrea, and northwestern Ethiopia south to southern Gabon, Angola, northern Namibia, northern Zimbabwe, Malawi, and central Tanzania
• Passer griseus laeneni: Mali to extreme n Cameroon and w-central Sudan
• Passer swainsonii: Extreme ne Sudan to Ethiopia, n Somalia and n-central Kenya
• Passer gongonensis: extreme southeastern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, eastern Uganda, Kenya, southern Somalia, and northeastern Tanzania
• Passer suahelicus: S Kenya to w Tanzania, Malawi and nw Mozambique
• Passer diffusus diffusus: Angola to Namibia, sw Zambia, w Zimbabwe and w South Africa
• Passer diffusus stygiceps: SE Zambia, sw Malawi and s Mozambique to e South Africa
• Passer diffusus luangwae: E Zambia (upper Luangwa Valley)
• Passer diffusus mosambicus: SE Malawi, n Mozambique and se Tanzania
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