Parrot-billed sparrow | |
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In Amboseli National Park, Kenya | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Suborder: | Passeri |
Infraorder: | Passerida |
Superfamily: | Passeroidea |
Family: | Passeridae |
Genus: | Passer |
Species: | P. gongonensis |
Binomial name | |
Passer gongonensis (Oustalet, 1890) |
The parrot-billed sparrow (Passer gongonensis) is found in the arid lowlands of eastern Africa. At 18 centimetres (7.1 in) and 42 grams (1.5 oz), it is largest of the sparrows of the family Passeridae. It is often considered a subspecies of the grey-headed sparrow.