Yellow-spotted bush sparrow

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Yellow-spotted bush sparrow
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Gymnoris
Species:
G. pyrgita
Binomial name
Gymnoris pyrgita
(Heuglin, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Petronia pyrgita

The yellow-spotted bush sparrow or yellow-spotted petronia (Gymnoris pyrgita) is a species of bird in the sparrow family, Passeridae.

It is common throughout the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Gymnoris pyrgita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22718290A94574703. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718290A94574703.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.