Northern Grey-headed Sparrow / Passer griseus LC
- Synonyms Sudan Gray-headed Sparrow, Grey-headed Sparrow, Somali Grey-headed Sparrow, Grey sparrow, Common Grey-headed Sparrow, Gray sparrow, Grey headed Sparrow, Somali Gray-headed Sparrow, Gray-headed Sparrow, Sudan Grey-headed Sparrow, Gray headed Sparrow, Uganda Gray-headed Sparrow, Uganda Grey-headed Sparrow, Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
- Old latin name for bird Fringilla grisea
Northern Grey-headed Sparrowbird sounds *
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Where to see Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion Sub-Saharan African (except ne, s) wooded savanna, fields and villages: s Mauritania e to n Eritrea, w, Ethiopia s to wc Angola, far n Namibia, n Zimbabwe and Malawi; also Bioko (ne Gulf of Guinea Is.)
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow subspecies (3)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passer griseus griseus | Mauritania and Senegal to c, s Cameroon, s Chad and n Gabon, Bioko (ne Gulf of Guinea Is.) | - | No |
| Passer griseus laeneni | e Mali through n Cameroon to w Sudan | - | No |
| Passer griseus ugandae | e, s Sudan, Eritrea and nw Ethiopia s to s Gabon, DR Congo, n Namibia, n Zimbabwe and s Malawi | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witkeelmossie (Noordelike Gryskopmossie), Witkeelmossie |
| Azerbaijani | bozbaş sərçə |
| Belarusian | Шэрагаловы верабей |
| Bulgarian | Белогърло врабче |
| Catalan | pardal gris, Pardal capgrís |
| Chinese | 灰头麻雀 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 灰頭麻雀 |
| Croatian | sivoglavi vrabac |
| Czech | vrabec šedohlavý |
| Danish | Gråhovedet Spurv |
| Dutch | Grijskopmus |
| Esperanto | Grizkapa pasero |
| Estonian | hallvarblane |
| Finnish | tuhkavarpunen |
| French | Moineau à tête grise, Moineau gris |
| Frisian | Griiskopmosk |
| Galician | Pardal cincento |
| German | Graukopfsperling |
| Greek | Σταχτoσπoυργίτης |
| Hungarian | szürkefejű veréb |
| Irish | Gealbhan ceannliath |
| Italian | Passera testagrigia settentrionale, Passero testagrigia, Passera testagrigia |
| Japanese | ハイガシラスズメ |
| Latvian | Pelēkgalvas zvirbulis |
| Lithuanian | pilkagalvis žvirblis |
| Maltese | għasfur tal-bejt ta' sidru griż |
| Mongolian | саарал толгойт боршувуу |
| Northern Sami | Gávpotcihci |
| Norwegian | landsbyspurv, Afrikansk gråhodespurv |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Landsbysporv |
| Polish | wróbel siwoglowy, wróbel siwogłowy |
| Portuguese | pardal-de-cabeça-cinzenta, Pardal de cabeca cinzenta |
| Romanian | Vrabie sură |
| Russian | Сероголовый воробей |
| Serbian | Sivoglavi vrabac |
| Slovak | vrabec sivohlavý |
| Slovenian | Sivoglavi vrabec |
| Spanish | Gorrión gris, Gorrión de Cabeza Gris |
| Swahili | Shomoro Jurawa, Jurawa, Shorewanda |
| Swedish | bysparv |
| Turkish | Kuzeyli Bozbaş Serçe, Grikbaşlı serçe |
| Ukrainian | горобець сіроголовий |
| Welsh | Golfan penllwyd |