Socotra sparrow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer
Species:
P. insularis
Binomial name
Passer insularis

The Socotra sparrow (Passer insularis) is a passerine bird endemic to the islands of Socotra, Samhah, and Darsah in the Indian Ocean, off the Horn of Africa.[3][4] The taxonomy of this species and its relatives is complex, with some authorities, including BirdLife International, recognising this species and the very similar Abd al-Kuri sparrow, as well as several from mainland Africa, as separate,[5][6] and others lumping all these species and the probably unrelated Iago sparrow.[7]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Passer insularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22736000A132187599. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22736000A132187599.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sclater, P. L.; Hartlaub, G. (1881). "On the Birds collected in Socotra by Prof. I. B. Balfour". Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1881. pp. 165–175.
  3. ^ Balfour, I. B.; Forbes, Henry O. (1903). "The Birds of Sokotra". In Forbes, Henry O. (ed.). The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-kuri. London: R. H. Porter.
  4. ^ Shelley 1902, pp. 238–239
  5. ^ BirdLife International (2010). "Species factsheet: Passer insularis". Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  6. ^ Kirwan, Guy M. (2008). "Studies of Socotran Birds III. Morphological and mensural evidence for a 'new' species in the Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis complex endemic to the island of Abd 'Al Kuri, with the validation of Passer insularis Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 128 (2): 83–93.
  7. ^ Summers-Smith 1988, p. 92
Works cited

External links

Old World sparrows (family: Passeridae)
Taxon identifiers
Categories