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Kordofan sparrow

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Kordofan sparrow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer
Species:
P. cordofanicus
Binomial name
Passer cordofanicus
Heuglin, 1874
Synonyms
  • Passer iagoensis cordofanicus
  • Passer motitensis cordofanicus
  • Passer rufocinctus cordofanicus

The Kordofan sparrow (Passer cordofanicus), also known as the Kordofan rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found only in southwestern Sudan and adjacent border regions of South Sudan and Chad.[2] It is frequently considered a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow, which in turn is considered a subspecies of the great sparrow.[3]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Passer cordofanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22736015A132187972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22736015A132187972.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ BirdLife International (2010). "Species factsheet: Passer cordofanicus". Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  3. ^ Kirwan, Guy M. (2008). "Studies of Socotran Birds III. Morphological and mensural evidence for a 'new' species in the Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis complex endemic to the island of Abd 'Al Kuri, with the validation of Passer insularis Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 128 (2): 83–93.
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