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 grey crown and rear neck and rufous upperparts. While in the past some authorities considered this species and several related species of 'rufous sparrow' on the African mainland to be the same as the Iago sparrow of Cape Verde, they do not appear to be so closely related as thought. A few currently recognise only some of the rufous sparrows as separate from the great sparrow, but the Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International recognise the Socotra sparrow, Kenya sparrow, Kordofan sparrow, and Shelley's sparrow as separate species.
Pilanesberg National Park
Moses Kotane Local Municipality, South Africa
+130 birds+30 mammals
Where ancient volcanic calderas rise above the surrounding lowveld, a 734-square-kilometre sanctuary unfolds across the North West Province of South […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNamib-Naukluft National Park
Namibia
+119 birds+30 mammals
Where rust-coloured dunes rise like frozen waves against an impossibly blue sky, Africa’s oldest desert unfolds across nearly 95,000 square […]
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