Avibase: Gymnoris pyrgita (Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow)

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Gymnoris pyrgita (Heuglin, MT 1862)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita pyrgita	Andrew Spencer	2014-12-25	Awash National Park, Afar (Ethiopia) (1000 m)	call - calls from a single bird moving through open thornscrub, in response to playback. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	269122 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	isaac kilusu	2021-12-19	Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m)	begging call, juvenile, sex uncertain - begging food from an adult foraging on the ground bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	692101 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	isaac kilusu	2020-11-13	Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - bird on top of a tree bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	602617 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita pyrgita	Andrew Spencer	2015-01-01	Sof Omar, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1200 m)	call - calls from a pair of birds perched high in a small tree in dense thornscrub on a steep slope. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	269123 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	isaac kilusu	2021-03-20	Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m)	adult, alarm call, sex uncertain - a bird calling in the middle branches bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	630279 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Petronia - Gymnoris pyrgita	Stein Ø. Nilsen	2011-11-26	Lake Chala, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) (950 m)	call, song - Zoom H4n Røde VideoMic. Thanks to Isaac Kilusu for help with ID. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	394499 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	isaac kilusu	2020-11-13	Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - bird on top of a tree bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	602618 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	Andrew Spencer	2015-11-08	Awash NP--southern section, Afar, Ethiopia, Afar (Ethiopia)	-	329023991 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita pyrgita	Andrew Spencer	2015-01-06	Soda Plain , Oromia (Ethiopia) (1500 m)	call - calls from a single bird in a tree in open, grazed savanna. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	269125 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	Peter Boesman	2024-10-18	Tsavo Lodge, Voi, Taita-Taveta (Kenya) (? m)	call - [sono]	948213 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	isaac kilusu	2020-11-22	Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	605080 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	Peter Boesman	2024-10-18	Tsavo Lodge, Voi, Taita-Taveta (Kenya) (? m)	call - [sono]	948214 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita pyrgita	Andrew Spencer	2015-01-01	Sof Omar, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1200 m)	call - calls from one of a pair of birds moving at mid-level through some tall trees along the bottom of a dry drainage, responding to playback of Pearl-spotted Owlet. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	269124 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	Peter Boesman	2019-11-07	Near Lembeni, Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)	song - [sono]	510171 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	isaac kilusu	2020-11-13	Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - a bird giving a grey headed sparrow like call bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	602619 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	isaac kilusu	2022-01-17	Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - on a tree,some notes of amethyst sunbird heard in the recording bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	697686 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	Andrew Spencer	2015-11-08	Awash NP--southern section, Afar, Ethiopia, Afar (Ethiopia)	-	329023941 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita pyrgita	James Bradley	2017-04-02	Chaimu Crater, Tsavo West NP, Taita-Taveta (Kenya) (900 m)	song - ID not 100%. Possibly Northern Grey-headed Sparrow or Anthus similis chyuluensis. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	364377 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	Andrew Spencer	2015-01-06	Yabello--Mega triangle, Oromia, Ethiopia, Oromia (Ethiopia)	-	329024561 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	Peter Boesman	2015-12-05	Awash National Park, Afar (Ethiopia)	call - [sono]	300325 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	Peter Boesman	2015-12-15	South of Yabello, Oromia (Ethiopia)	call - [sono]	300318 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	isaac kilusu	2022-12-18	Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m)	call - [sono]	811866 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	Peter Boesman	2019-10-28	Kilimanjaro Golf and Wildlife Estate, Usa River, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania)	call - [sono]	510172 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow - Gymnoris pyrgita	isaac kilusu	2021-03-05	Chyulu hills, Makueni (Kenya) (1500 m)	call, life stage uncertain, sex uncertain - was alittle bit windy bird-seen:no playback-used:no	627250 xeno-canto.org

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