• Synonyms Southern Gray-headed Sparrow, Southern Greyheaded Sparrow, Cape Sparrow, Greyheaded Sparrow
  • Old latin name for bird Pyrgita diffusa

Southern Grey-headed Sparrowbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, © Oscar Campbell
    South Africa
  • 3.
    Call, © Marc Anderson
    Botswana
  • 4.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
  • 5.
    Song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
  • 7.
    Call, © Marc Anderson
    Botswana
  • 8.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Southern Grey-headed Sparrow

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion s African open woodlands and anthropogenic habitats: e, s Angola e to n Zambia and s Tanzania, s through South Africa

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Passer diffusus diffususAngola and Namibia to w Zimbabwe and n South Africa-No
Passer diffusus luangwaee Zambia-No
Passer diffusus mosambicusse Tanzania and n Mozambique-No
Passer diffusus stygicepsn Zimbabwe and s Malawi to s Mozambique and e South Africa-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGryskopmossie, Gryskopmossie (Suidelike Gryskopmossie)
Azerbaijanicənub bozbaş sərçəsi
Catalanpardal sud-africà
Chinese南非灰头麻雀
Chinese (Traditional)南非灰頭麻雀
Croatianjužnoafrički vrabac
Czechvrabec jihoafrický
DanishAngolaspurv
DutchMozambique-mus, Mozambiquemus
EsperantoGrizkapa sudpasero
Estonianhallpea-varblane
Finnisheteläntuhkavarpunen
FrenchMoineau gris austral, Moineau du Cap, Moineau sud-africain
GermanGraukopfsperling, Kapsperling, Damarasperling
IcelandicTunglspör
ItalianPassera testagrigia meridionale
Japaneseミナミハイガシラスズメ, サバクスズメ
LithuanianPietų Afrikos žvirblis
Mongolianөмнөдийн саарал богширго, өмнөдийн саарал боршувуу
Norwegiankraalspurv
Norwegian NynorskKraalsporv
Polishwróbel blady
Portuguesepardal-sul-africano, Pardal-de-cabeça-cinzenta-meridional, Pardal meridional, Pardal-meridional
RussianДамарский воробей, Южный сероголовый воробей
SerbianJužni sivoglavi vrabac
Slovakvrabec obratníkový
SpanishGorrión sudafricano, Gorrión de El Cabo
SwahiliShomoro Kusi, Jurawa Kusi
SwedishAngolasparv, sydafrikasparv
TswanaTswere
TurkishGüneyli Bozbaş Serçe
Ukrainianгоробець блідий