Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witkeelmossie |
| Czech | vrabec šedohlavý |
| Dutch | Grijskopmus |
| English | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow |
| English (United States) | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow |
| French | Moineau gris |
| French (France) | Moineau gris |
| German | Graukopfsperling |
| Japanese | ハイガシラスズメ |
| Norwegian | landsbyspurv |
| Polish | wróbel siwogłowy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pardal-de-cabeça-cinzenta-do-norte |
| Russian | Сероголовый воробей |
| Serbian | Sivoglavi vrabac |
| Slovak | vrabec sivohlavý |
| Spanish | Gorrión Gris |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gorrión gris |
| Swedish | bysparv |
| Turkish | Kuzeyli Bozbaş Serçe |
| Ukrainian | Горобець сіроголовий |
Passer griseus (Vieillot, 1817)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla grisea
Vieillot, 1817. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 12, p.198.
TYPE LOCALITY:
United States [error = Senegal (Lafresnaye, 1839, Rev. Zool., p. 95)].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PASSER
- passer
- griseum / griseus
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus Scientific name definitions
Denis Summers-Smith
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 3, 2019
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 3, 2019
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
Authors
Denis Summers-Smith
Recommended Citation
Summers-Smith, D. (2020). Northern Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus), 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.gyhspa1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 3, 2019
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
Authors
Denis Summers-Smith
Recommended Citation
Summers-Smith, D. (2019). Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus). 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.