The Kenya sparrow (''Passer rufocinctus''), also known as the Kenya rufous sparrow, is a
sparrow found in Kenya and Tanzania. It tends to be found in dry wooded
savannah and agricultural areas.
[ Some authorities have lumped the ]great sparrow
The great sparrow (''Passer motitensis''), also known as the southern rufous sparrow, is found in southern Africa in dry, wooded savannah and towns.
This is a 15–16 cm long sparrow superficially like a large house sparrow. It has a ...
(''P. motitensis''), the Kenya sparrow, and the Socotra sparrow (''P. insularis'') into ''P. motitensis'' following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993). Some authorities also lump Shelley's sparrow
Shelley's sparrow (''Passer shelleyi''), also known as Shelley's rufous sparrow or the White Nile rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in eastern Africa from South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and north-western Somalia to northern Uganda and north-w ...
and the Kordofan sparrow
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. It is frequently considered a subspecies of the Kenya ...
with this species, or all three with the great sparrow.
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Media related to the Kenya sparrow
at the Internet Bird Collection
Passer
Birds of East Africa
Birds described in 1884
Taxa named by Gustav Fischer
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