The chestnut sparrow is a species of passerine bird in the sparrow family Passeridae. It is the smallest member of the sparrow family, at about 11 cm (4.3 in) long. The breeding male has deep chestnut plumage and the female and juvenile are coloured a duller grey with some chestnut markings. Like its closest relatives in the genus Passer, the Arabian golden sparrow and the Sudan golden sparrow, it is gregarious and found in arid areas. Ranging through the east of Africa from Darfur in Sudan to Tanzania, it is found in dry savanna, papyrus swamps, and near human habitation. Adults and juveniles both feed mostly on grass seeds, and fly in flocks, often with other species of birds, to find food. It nests in trees, building its own domed nests, and also usurping the more elaborate nests of weavers. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Hartlaub, KJG 1880)
Reference:
J. f. Orn.
28 p.211,325
Protonym:
Sorella eminibey
Avibase ID:
D8F2F78B4AE749EB
Avibase ID:
avibase-D8F2F78B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D8F2F78B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561875
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Moineau d'Emin ( Passer eminibey) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Moineau d'Emin ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 1st edition: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements, version 2021: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements, version 2022: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 3rd edition: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 4th edition: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 6th edition: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements, version 2015: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements, version 2016: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements, version 2017: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements, version 2018: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Clements, version 2019: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 1.50: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 1.52: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 1.53: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 1.54: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 1.55: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 2015: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 2016: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 2017: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 2018: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 2019: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 2021: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
eBird version 2022: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Chestnut Sparrow ( Sorella eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Chestnut Sparrow ( Sorella eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Passer eminibey |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Passer eminibey |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Passer eminibey |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Chestnut Sparrow ( Passer eminibey) |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Passer eminibey |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Passer eminibey |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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