Kordofan sparrow

Kordofan sparrow
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passeridae
Genus:	Passer
Species:	P. cordofanicus
Binomial name
	Passer cordofanicus; Heuglin, 1874
Synonyms
	Passer iagoensis cordofanicus; Passer motitensis cordofanicus; Passer rufocinctus cordofanicus;

The Kordofan sparrow (Passer cordofanicus), also known as the Kordofan rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found only in southwestern Sudan and adjacent border regions of South Sudan and Chad.^[2] It is frequently considered a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow, which in turn is considered a subspecies of the great sparrow.^[3]

References[]

^ BirdLife International (2018). "Passer cordofanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22736015A132187972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22736015A132187972.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ BirdLife International (2010). "Species factsheet: Passer cordofanicus". Retrieved 24 June 2010.
^ Kirwan, Guy M. (2008). "Studies of Socotran Birds III. Morphological and mensural evidence for a 'new' species in the Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis complex endemic to the island of Abd 'Al Kuri, with the validation of Passer insularis Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 128 (2): 83–93.

Further reading

Sclater, W. L.; Mackworth-Praed, C. (2008). "A List of the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, based on the Collections of Mr. A. L. Butler, Mr. A. Chapman and Capt. H. Lynes, R. N., and Major Cuthebert Christy, R. A. M. C. (T. F.). Part IV (concluded). Pelecanidæ–Struthionidæ". The Ibis. 11. 2 (4): 781–854. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1920.tb06750.x.
Summers-Smith, J. Denis (1988). The Sparrows. illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Calton, Staffs, England: T. & A. D. Poyser. ISBN 0-85661-048-8.

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[iucn_status_13_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2018). "Passer cordofanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22736015A132187972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22736015A132187972.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[2] BirdLife International (2010). "Species factsheet: Passer cordofanicus". Retrieved 24 June 2010.

[3] Kirwan, Guy M. (2008). "Studies of Socotran Birds III. Morphological and mensural evidence for a 'new' species in the Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis complex endemic to the island of Abd 'Al Kuri, with the validation of Passer insularis Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 128 (2): 83–93.

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v t Old World sparrows (family: Passeridae)
Genus	Species
Hypocryptadius	Cinnamon ibon
Passer	Saxaul sparrow House sparrow Spanish sparrow Italian sparrow Sind sparrow Somali sparrow Russet sparrow or cinnamon sparrow Plain-backed sparrow or Pegu sparrow Dead Sea sparrow Great sparrow Socotra sparrow Abd al-Kuri sparrow Kenya sparrow Kordofan sparrow Shelley's sparrow Iago sparrow Cape sparrow Northern grey-headed sparrow Swainson's sparrow Parrot-billed sparrow Swahili sparrow Southern grey-headed sparrow Desert sparrow Zarudny's sparrow Eurasian tree sparrow Sudan golden sparrow Arabian golden sparrow Chestnut sparrow Passer predomesticus
Carpospiza	Pale rockfinch
Petronia	Rock sparrow
Gymnoris	Yellow-throated bush sparrow Sahel bush sparrow Yellow-spotted bush sparrow Yellow-throated sparrow
Montifringilla	White-winged snowfinch Tibetan snowfinch Black-winged snowfinch
Onychostruthus	White-rumped snowfinch
Pyrgilauda	Père David's snowfinch Rufous-necked snowfinch Blanford's snowfinch Afghan snowfinch

Kordofan sparrow
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passeridae
Genus:	Passer
Species:	P. cordofanicus
Binomial name
*Passer cordofanicus* Heuglin, 1874
Synonyms
Passer iagoensis cordofanicus Passer motitensis cordofanicus Passer rufocinctus cordofanicus