Plain-backed sparrow

Species of bird

Plain-backed sparrow
Male in Thailand
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer
Species:
P. flaveolus
Binomial name
Passer flaveolus
Blyth, 1845
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Passer jugiferus Bonaparte, 1850
  • Passer assimilis Walden, 1870

The plain-backed sparrow (Passer flaveolus), also called the Pegu sparrow or olive-backed sparrow, is a sparrow found in Southeast Asia. Its range spans from Myanmar to central Vietnam, and south to the western part of Peninsular Malaysia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Passer flaveolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718194A94572013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718194A94572013.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Summers-Smith 1988, pp. 199–200
  3. ^ Giebel 1877, p. 35

Works cited

  • Giebel, C. G. (1877). Thesaurus Ornithologiae (in German). Vol. III. Brockhaus.
  • Summers-Smith, J. Denis (1988). The Sparrows: a Study of the Genus Passer. illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Calton, Staffs, England: T. & A. D. Poyser. ISBN 978-0-85661-048-6.
  • Pegu sparrow at the Internet Bird Collection
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Old World sparrows (family: Passeridae)
GenusHypocryptadiusPasserCarpospiza
PetroniaGymnorisMontifringillaOnychostruthusPyrgilauda
Taxon identifiers
Passer flaveolus
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