Great Sparrow / Passer motitensis
Great Sparrow bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Southern Rufous Sparrow, Great Rufous Sparrow, Rufous Sparrow, Southern Rufous-Sparrow |
Old latin name for bird | Pyrgita motitensis |
Order | Perching birds / Passeriformes |
Family | Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches / Passeridae |
Genus | Passer |
Breeding region | Africa |
Breeding subregion | s African acacia savanna; coastal sc Angola, Namibia, Botswana and sw Zimbabwe s to n South Africa |
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Related species

Zarudny's Sparrow

Abd al-Kuri Sparrow

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

Arabian Golden Sparrow

Plain-backed Sparrow

Spanish Sparrow

Cape Sparrow

House Sparrow

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Where to see Great Sparrow
Great Sparrow subspecies (3)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Passer motitensis benguellensis | sw Angola and extreme nw Namibia | - | No |
Passer motitensis motitensis | Namibia, w, c Botswana and nw South Africa | - | No |
Passer motitensis subsolanus | e Botswana, sw Zimbabwe and n, c, ne South Africa | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Afrikaans | Grootmossie |
Azerbaijani | böyük sərçə |
Belarusian | Вялiкi верабей |
Bulgarian | Голямо врабче |
Catalan | Pardal gran, pardal gros |
Chinese | 棕麻雀 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 紅麻雀 |
Croatian | veliki vrabac, Riđoleđi vrabac |
Czech | vrabec světlelící |
Danish | Rustspurv |
Dutch | Roestmus |
Esperanto | Rustpasero, Punkteca pasero |
Estonian | savannivarblane (lõuna-savannivarblane), Savannivarblane |
Finnish | afrikanvarpunen |
French | Grand Moineau |
Frisian | Rustmosk |
Galician | Pardal grande |
German | Rostsperling |
Greek | Σκoυρoσπoυργίτης |
Hungarian | Nagy veréb |
Irish | Gealbhan donnrua |
Italian | Passera maggiore, Passera rossiccia maggiore |
Japanese | オオスズメ |
Latvian | Lielais zvirbulis |
Lithuanian | didysis žvirblis |
Mongolian | улбар шар богширго, улбар шар боршувуу, өмнөдийн улбар шар богширго |
Northern Sami | Akásiacihci |
Norwegian | akasiespurv, Akasiespurv |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Akasiesporv |
Polish | wróbel rdzawy |
Portuguese | pardal-grande |
Romanian | Vrabie roşie |
Russian | Большой воробей |
Serbian | Crvenosmeđi vrabac, Veliki vrabac |
Slovak | vrabec hrdzavý |
Slovenian | Veliki vrabec |
Spanish | Gorrión grande |
Swahili | Shomoro Mkubwa |
Swedish | akaciasparv |
Tswana | Tswere |
Turkish | Büyük Serçe |
Ukrainian | горобець великий |
Welsh | Golfan mawr |