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Iago Sparrow

Passer iagoensis (Gould, J 1838)

The Iago sparrow, also known as the Cape Verde or rufous-backed sparrow, is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is endemic to the Cape Verde archipelago, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean near western Africa. Females and young birds have brown plumage with black marks above, and a dull grey underside, and are distinguished from other species of sparrow by their large, distinct supercilium. Males have a brighter underside and bold black and chestnut stripes on their head. At 12.5–13 centimetres (4.9–5.1 in) long, it is a smaller sparrow. This bird's vocalisations are mostly variations on its chirp, which differ somewhat between males and females. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Passeridae
Genus:
   Passer
Scientific:
  Passer iagoensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Gould, J 1838)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.5, no.55 p.77

Imprint year:
  1837

Protonym:
  Pyrgita Iagoensis

Type locality:
  Sao Tiago, Cape Verde Islands.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96163#page/249/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  ECD1267BB05F7894

Avibase ID:
  avibase-ECD1267B

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/ECD1267B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561881

Geographic range:

  • Passer iagoensis: locally in Cape Verde Islands (except Fogo Island)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Iago Sparrow
Catalan:
pardal de Cap Verd
Czech:
vrabec kapverdský
Danish:
Kap Verde-spurv
German:
Kapverdensperling
Spanish:
Gorrión de Cabo Verde
Spanish (Spain):
Gorrión de Cabo Verde
Finnish:
kapverdenvarpunen
French:
Moineau du Cap-Vert
Croatian:
zelenortski vrabac
Hungarian:
zöld-foki veréb
Icelandic:
Roðaspör
Italian:
Passero di Capo Verde
Japanese (romaji):
ke-puberudeseakasuzume
Japanese:
ケープベルデセアカスズメ
Lithuanian:
Žaliojo Kyšulio salų žvirblis
Dutch:
Kaapverdische Mus
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kappverdesporv
Norwegian:
Kappverdespurv
Polish:
wróbel rudogrzbiety
Portuguese:
pardal-de-cabo-verde
Portuguese (Portugal):
pardal-de-cabo-verde
Russian:
Кабо-вердианский воробей
Slovak:
vrabec čiernočelý
Serbian:
Zelenortski vrabac
Swedish:
kapverdesparv
Ukrainian:
Горобець острівний
Chinese:
棕背麻雀
Chinese (Traditional):
棕背麻雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Moineau du Cap-Vert ( Passer iagoensis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Moineau du Cap-Vert ( Passer iagoensis)
Clements, version 2021:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Passer motitensis iagoensis [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Cape Verde Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Passer iagoensis iagoensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Passer iagoensis iagoensis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Iago Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Passer iagoensis
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Passer iagoensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Passer [iagoensis, motitensis, rufocinctus, cordofanicus, shelleyi, insularis or hemileucus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Grootmossie
Bulgarian: Ръждивогърбо врабче
Catalan: pardal de Cap Verd
Czech: vrabec kapverdský, vrabec ostrovní
Welsh: Golfan Carbo Verde
Danish: Kap Verde-spurv
German: Kapverdensperling, Rostsperling
Greek: Τραvoσπoυργίτης
English: Cape Verde Islands Sparrow, Cape Verde Sparrow, Great Sparrow, Iago Sparrow, Igao Sparrow, Rufous-backed Sparrow
English, HBW: Cape Verde Sparrow
English (IOC): Iago Sparrow
English (United States): Cape Verde Sparrow
Esperanto: Brundorsa pasero, Iagoa pasero
Spanish: Gorrión de Cabo Verde, Gorrión Grande
Spanish (Spain): Gorrión de Cabo Verde
Spanish (HBW): Gorrión de Cabo Verde
Estonian: kapverdi varblane
Finnish: Kapverdenvarpunen
French: Moineau à dos roux, Moineau de Saint-Iago, Moineau des îles du Cap Vert, Moineau du Cap-Vert
Frisian: Kaapverdyske mosk
Irish: Gealbhan droimrua
Galician: Pardal de Cabo Verde
Hebrew: דרור כף ורדה
Croatian: zelenortski vrabac
Hungarian: zöld-foki veréb
Icelandic: Roðaspör
Italian: Passera di Capo Verde, Passero di Capo Verde
Japanese (romaji): ke-puberudeseakasuzume, oosuzume
Japanese: オオスズメ, ケープベルデセアカスズメ
Scientific: Passer brancoensis, Passer iagoenis, Passer iagoensis, Passer iagoensis iagoensis, Passer motitensis iagoensis, Pyrgita Iagoensis
Lithuanian: Rudanugaris žvirblis, Žaliojo Kyšulio salų žvirblis
Latvian: Kaboverdes zvirbulis
Macedonian: Јаго врапче
Dutch: Grote Bruine Mus, Kaapverdische Mus
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kappverdesporv
Norwegian: Kappverdespurv
Polish: wróbel rudogrzbiety
Portuguese: Pardal de Cabo Verde, pardal-de-cabo-verde
Portuguese (Portugal): pardal-de-cabo-verde, Pardal-de-terra
Rhaeto-Romance: Pasler dal Cap Verd
Romanian: Vrabie cu sprâncene roşcate
Russian: Кабо-вердианский воробей, Кабовердский воробей, Капверденский воробей
Northern Sami: KappVerdecihci, Kapverdecihci
Slovak: vrabec čiernočelý
Slovenian: zelenortski vrabec
Serbian: Zelenortski vrabac
Swedish: Brunryggad sparv, Kap Verdesparv, Kapverdesparv
Swahili: Shomoro wa Cabo Verde
Turkish: İago serçesi
Ukrainian: Горобець острівний
Chinese: 棕背麻雀
Chinese (Traditional): 棕背麻雀

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