Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gryskopmossie |
| Catalan | pardal sud-africà |
| Dutch | Mozambiquemus |
| English | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow |
| English (United States) | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow |
| French | Moineau sud-africain |
| French (France) | Moineau sud-africain |
| German | Damarasperling |
| Icelandic | Tunglspör |
| Japanese | ミナミハイガシラスズメ |
| Norwegian | kraalspurv |
| Polish | wróbel blady |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pardal-de-cabeça-cinzenta-meridional |
| Russian | Дамарский воробей |
| Serbian | Južni sivoglavi vrabac |
| Slovak | vrabec obratníkový |
| Spanish | Gorrión Sudafricano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gorrión sudafricano |
| Swedish | sydafrikasparv |
| Turkish | Güneyli Bozbaş Serçe |
| Ukrainian | Горобець блідий |
Passer diffusus (Smith, 1836)
PROTONYM:
Pyrgita diffusa
Smith, 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa from the Cape of Good Hope (etc.), p.50.
TYPE LOCALITY:
between the Orange River and the tropic ; restricted to near Kuruman by Maedonald and Hall (1957, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 23, p. 35).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PASSER
- passer
- diffusa / diffusus
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Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus Scientific name definitions
Denis Summers-Smith
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 2, 2019
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 2, 2019
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
Authors
Denis Summers-Smith
Recommended Citation
Summers-Smith, D. (2020). Southern Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus), 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.sghspa2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 2, 2019
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
Authors
Denis Summers-Smith
Recommended Citation
Summers-Smith, D. (2019). Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus). 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.
