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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Passer
- Mass
- 13.9
- Image
- Passer eminibey -Kenya -male perching on branch-8-4c.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Passer eminibey
- taxon name
- Passer eminibey
- Commons gallery
- Passer eminibey
- taxon common name
- kestenjasti vrabac
- litter size
- 3.5
- short name
- P. eminibey
- taxon range
- Africa
- taxon author citation
- (Hartlaub, 1880)
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Encyclopedic overview
The chestnut sparrow (Passer eminibey) is a species of passerine bird in the sparrow family Passeridae. It is the smallest member of the sparrow family, at about 11 cm (4.3 in) long. The breeding male has deep chestnut plumage and the female and juvenile are coloured a duller grey with some chestnut markings. Like its closest relatives in the genus Passer, the Arabian golden sparrow and the Sudan golden sparrow, it is gregarious and found in arid areas. Ranging through the east of Africa from Darfur in Sudan to Tanzania, it is found in dry savanna, papyrus swamps, and near human habitation. Adults and juveniles both feed mostly on grass seeds, and fly in flocks, often with other species of birds, to find food. It nests in trees, building its own domed nests, and also usurping the more elaborate nests of weavers.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chestnut Sparrow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.