Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (3)
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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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gewone Mossie |
| Dutch | Kaapse Mus |
| English | Cape Sparrow |
| English (United States) | Cape Sparrow |
| French | Moineau mélanure |
| French (France) | Moineau mélanure |
| German | Kapsperling |
| Icelandic | Mánaspör |
| Japanese | ホオグロスズメ |
| Norwegian | boerspurv |
| Polish | wróbel czarnogłowy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pardal do Cabo |
| 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 |
| Ukrainian | Горобець чорноголовий |
Passer melanurus (Müller, 1776)
PROTONYM:
Loxia melanura
Müller, 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs, p.153.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope ; restricted to Cape Town by Macdonald (1957, Contr. Orn. W. South Africa, p. 157).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PASSER
- passer
- melanurum / melanurus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Cape Sparrow