Gymnoris

Gymnoris
Yellow-throated sparrow (Gymnoris xanthocollis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passeridae
Genus:	Gymnoris Blyth, 1845
Type species
Fringilla flavicollis [1] Franklin, 1831
Species
See text

Gymnoris is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae. Three species are found in Africa while the yellow-throated sparrow ranges from Turkey to India.

The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1845 with the yellow-throated sparrow as the type species. ^{[2] [3]} The name combines the Ancient Greek words gumnos "bare" or "naked" and rhinos "nostrils". ^[4]

Species

There are four species recognized: ^[5]

Genus Gymnoris – Blyth, 1845 – four species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-spotted bush sparrow	Gymnoris pyrgita (Heuglin, 1862)	the Sahel and the Horn of Africa	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Yellow-throated bush sparrow	Gymnoris superciliaris Blyth, 1845	south-central and southern Africa	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Sahel bush sparrow	Gymnoris dentata (Sundevall, 1850)	Africa from Mauritania to Guinea and east to Eritrea and the south-western Arabian Peninsula	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Yellow-throated sparrow	Gymnoris xanthocollis (Burton, 1838) Two subspecies G. x. transfuga G. x. xanthocollis	southern Asia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

These species are sometimes placed in the genus Petronia .

References

1. "Passeridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Blyth, Edward (1845). "Synopsis of the Indian Fringillidae". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 13 Part 2 (156): 944–963 [948].
3. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 307. ISBN   978-0-9568611-2-2.
4. Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 May 2018.