Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae (Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches)  
Genus: Gymnoris (4 species)


Sahel Bush Sparrow
Sahel Bush Sparrow (Gymnoris dentata) Males
Range: AF: Sahel zone and sw Arabian Pen. in aridlands, drywoods and fields: s Mauritania to Guinea and e to n Eritrea, w, c Ethiopia and South Sudan; also sw Yemen
Senegal  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow (Gymnoris pyrgita pyrgita)
Range: AF: Sahel zone and ne Africa in dry woods and gardens: patchily s Mauritania and n Senegal to n Eritrea and Somalia, s through Ethiopia (except w) to far ne Uganda and c Tanzania
Kenya  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow (Gymnoris superciliaris)
Range: AF: sc, se Africa in woods, savanna and cultivation: far se Gabon e to ne Tanzania, in s to ne Namibia and se South Africa
 
 
Photograph by phil_b   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-throated Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow (Gymnoris xanthocollis)
Range: PAL, OR: sc Palearctic to s Asia in dry woods and gardens: se Turkey e through c Iran and s Afghanistan to sub-Himalayan Pakistan, nw Indian plains and s Nepal to W Bengal (e India); in s through e Syria, e Iraq, Kuwait and se Arabian Pen. to s tip of Indian Pen.
Kuwait  
 
Photograph by Mohd Khorshed     Copyright and usage info

Also known as the Chestnut-shouldered Sparrow or Chestnut-shouldered Petronia.


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