• Synonyms Southern Rufous Sparrow, Great Rufous Sparrow, Rufous Sparrow, Southern Rufous-Sparrow
  • Old latin name for bird Pyrgita motitensis

Great Sparrowbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song and call, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
  • 2.
    Call, © Filippo Ceccolini
    Namibia
  • 3.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
  • 4.
    Song, © Niall Perrins
    South Africa
  • 5.
    Call, © Charles Hesse
    Namibia
  • 6.
    Song, © Lynette Rudman
    Botswana
  • 7.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Great Sparrow

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion s African acacia savanna: coastal sc Angola, Namibia, Botswana and sw Zimbabwe s to n South Africa

Great Sparrow subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Passer motitensis benguellensissw Angola and extreme nw Namibia-No
Passer motitensis motitensisNamibia, w, c Botswana and nw South Africa-No
Passer motitensis subsolanuse Botswana, sw Zimbabwe and n, c, ne South Africa-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGrootmossie
Azerbaijaniböyük sərçə
BelarusianВялiкi верабей
BulgarianГолямо врабче
CatalanPardal gran, pardal gros
Chinese棕麻雀
Chinese (Traditional)紅麻雀
Croatianveliki vrabac, Riđoleđi vrabac
Czechvrabec světlelící
DanishRustspurv
DutchRoestmus
EsperantoRustpasero, Punkteca pasero
Estoniansavannivarblane (lõuna-savannivarblane), Savannivarblane
Finnishafrikanvarpunen
FrenchGrand Moineau
FrisianRustmosk
GalicianPardal grande
GermanRostsperling
GreekΣκoυρoσπoυργίτης
HungarianNagy veréb
IrishGealbhan donnrua
ItalianPassera rossiccia maggiore, Passera maggiore
Japaneseオオスズメ
LatvianLielais zvirbulis
Lithuaniandidysis žvirblis
Mongolianөмнөдийн улбар шар богширго, улбар шар боршувуу, улбар шар богширго
Northern SamiAkásiacihci
Norwegianakasiespurv
Norwegian NynorskAkasiesporv
Polishwróbel rdzawy
Portuguesepardal-grande
RomanianVrabie roşie
RussianБольшой воробей
SerbianCrvenosmeđi vrabac, Veliki vrabac
Slovakvrabec hrdzavý
SlovenianVeliki vrabec
SpanishGorrión grande
SwahiliShomoro Mkubwa
Swedishakaciasparv
TswanaTswere
TurkishBüyük Serçe
Ukrainianгоробець великий
WelshGolfan mawr