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The yellow-throated sparrow or chestnut-shouldered petronia (Gymnoris xanthocollis) is a species of sparrow found in southern Asia. Description
The yellow-throated bush sparrow (Gymnoris superciliaris), also known as the yellow-throated petronia, [2] is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae.It is found in south-central and southern Africa in its natural habitats of subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Gymnoris is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae.Three species are found in Africa while the yellow-throated sparrow ranges from Turkey to India.. The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1845 with the yellow-throated sparrow as the type species.
Male house sparrow in Germany Yellow-throated sparrow at Keoladeo National Park, India Sparrow in Tharparkar, Sindh . Generally, Old World sparrows are small, plump, brown and grey birds with short tails and stubby, powerful beaks. The differences between sparrow species can be subtle.
A close-up of a house sparrow. Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Old World sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects. House sparrow, Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
[2] [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). [3] [4] The name Passer is the Latin word for "sparrow." [5] A mixed group of Passer sparrows containing a Eurasian tree sparrow, a male house sparrow, and female house or Spanish sparrows, feeding on grain in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Olive sparrow: Arremonops rufivirgatus (Lawrence, 1851) 24 Green-backed sparrow: Arremonops chloronotus (Salvin, 1861) 25 Black-striped sparrow: Arremonops conirostris (Bonaparte, 1850) 26 Tocuyo sparrow: Arremonops tocuyensis Todd, 1912: 27 Five-striped sparrow: Amphispizopsis quinquestriata (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) 28 Black-throated sparrow
The yellow-spotted bush sparrow or yellow-spotted petronia (Gymnoris pyrgita) is a species of bird in the sparrow family, Passeridae. It is common throughout the Sahel and the Horn of Africa . Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland .