Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gewone Mossie |
| Dutch | Kaapse Mus |
| English (United States) | Cape Sparrow |
| French | Moineau mélanure |
| German | Kapsperling |
| Icelandic | Mánaspör |
| Japanese | ホオグロスズメ |
| Norwegian | boerspurv |
| Polish | wróbel czarnogłowy |
| Russian | Капский воробей |
| Serbian | Južnoafrički vrabac |
| Slovak | vrabec čiernohlavý |
| Spanish | Gorrión de El Cabo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gorrión de El Cabo |
| Swedish | boersparv |
| Turkish | Kap Serçesi |
Passer melanurus (Statius Muller, 1776)
PROTONYM:
Loxia melanura
Statius Muller, 1776. Natursyst. Suppl., p.153.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope ; restricted to Cape Town by Macdonald (1957, Contr. Orn. W. South Africa, p. 157).
Definitions
- PASSER
- passer
- melanurum / melanurus
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SPECIES
Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus Scientific name definitions
Denis Summers-Smith
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 19, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 19, 2013
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
Authors
Denis Summers-Smith
Recommended Citation
Summers-Smith, D. (2020). Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.capspa1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 19, 2013
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
Authors
Denis Summers-Smith
Recommended Citation
Summers-Smith, D. (2013). Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.