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Birdwatching in Africa - Shelley's Sparrow, Passer shelleyi, also known as Shelley's Rufous Sparrow or the White Nile Rufous Sparrow


Shelley's Sparrow (Passer shelleyi), also known as Shelley's Rufous Sparrow or the White Nile Rufous Sparrow, is a sparrow found in eastern Africa from South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and north-western Somalia to northern Uganda and north-western Kenya. Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow.[3] This species is named after English geologist and ornithologist George Ernest Shelley.

Range map from www.oiseaux.net

Range map
Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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Length: 15 cm
Wingspan:
Weight:
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature

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Similar Species

• Smaller than Great Sparrow. Note also paler eye, greyer face and more grey on neck and mantle (especially in nominate).

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male

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Listen to the Shelley's Sparrow

Remarks from the Recordist

Calls from three birds perched on a fence made of dead thornbushes around a small enclosure of ungrazed grassland surrounded by a very overgrazed plain.



Remarks from the Recordist

Begging calls from a recently fledged juvenile moving mostly hidden through a clump of dense bushes in open, grazed savanna.


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Conservation status
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 2 November 2019
Location: Yabelo Sanctuary, Ethiopia

Shelley's Sparrow, Passer shelleyi, also known as Shelley's Rufous Sparrow or the White Nile Rufous Sparrow
Shelley's Sparrow - 2 November 2019 - Yabelo Sanctuary, Ethiopia

Shelley's Sparrow, Passer shelleyi, also known as Shelley's Rufous Sparrow or the White Nile Rufous Sparrow
Shelley's Sparrow - 2 November 2019 - Yabelo Sanctuary, Ethiopia



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