Cape Sparrow / Passer melanurus
Cape Sparrow bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Mossie Sparrow, Damara Mossie, Mossie |
Old latin name for bird | Loxia melanura |
Order | Perching birds / Passeriformes |
Family | Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches / Passeridae |
Genus | Passer |
Breeding region | Africa |
Breeding subregion | subtropical s Africa in savanna and anthropogenic habitats; coastal c Angola, n Namibia, n Botswana and sw Zimbabwe s through South Africa |
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Abd al-Kuri Sparrow

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Plain-backed Sparrow

Spanish Sparrow

House Sparrow

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Where to see Cape Sparrow
Cape Sparrow subspecies (3)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Passer melanurus damarensis | sw Angola and Namibia to w Zimbabwe and n South Africa | - | No |
Passer melanurus melanurus | sw, s, e South Africa | - | No |
Passer melanurus vicinus | e South Africa (highlands) and Lesotho | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Afrikaans | Gewone Mossie |
Azerbaijani | Cənubi Afrika sərçəsi |
Catalan | pardal del Cap |
Chinese | 南非麻雀 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 南非麻雀 |
Croatian | crnolici vrabac |
Czech | vrabec kapský |
Danish | Kapspurv |
Dutch | Kaapse Mus |
Esperanto | Nigrakapa pasero |
Estonian | mustpea-varblane |
Finnish | sirkkuvarpunen |
French | Moineau du Cap, Moineau mélanure |
German | Kapsperling |
Hungarian | fokföldi veréb |
Icelandic | Mánaspör |
Italian | Passero del Capo, Passera del Capo |
Japanese | ホオグロスズメ |
Lithuanian | kapinis žvirblis |
Norwegian | boerspurv, Boerspurv |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Boarsporv |
Polish | wróbel czarnoglowy, Wróbel blady, wróbel czarnogłowy |
Portuguese | pardal-do-cabo, Pardal do cabo |
Russian | Южноафриканский воробей, Капский воробей |
Serbian | Južnoafrički vrabac |
Slovak | vrabec čiernohlavý |
Spanish | Gorrión de El Cabo, Gorrión del Cabo, Gorrión Mossie |
Swahili | Shomoro Uso-mweusi |
Swedish | boersparv |
Tswana | Tswere |
Turkish | Kap Serçesi |
Ukrainian | горобець чорноголовий |
Xhosa | Ingqabe |
Zulu | uNdlunkulu |