Great Sparrow / Passer motitensis
| Great Sparrow bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| 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
Kordofan Sparrow
Where to see Great Sparrow
Great Sparrow subspecies (3)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |