Shelley's sparrow
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A detail of an illustration by Henrik Grönvold, showing a Shelley's sparrow | |
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P. shelleyi
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Passer shelleyi (Sharpe, 1891)
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Shelley's sparrow (Passer shelleyi), also known as Shelley's rufous sparrow or the White Nile rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya.[1][2] It is frequently considered a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow, which in turn is considered a subspecies of the great sparrow.[3] This species is named after English geologist and ornithologist George Ernest Shelley.[4]
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External links
- White Nile rufous sparrow at the Internet Bird Collection
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