Kordofan sparrow

The Kordofan sparrow (Passer cordofanicus), also known as the Kordofan rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found only in southwestern Sudan and adjacent border regions of South Sudan and Chad.[2] It is frequently considered a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow, which in turn is considered a subspecies of the great sparrow.[3]

Kordofan sparrow
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passeridae
Genus:	Passer
Species:	P. cordofanicus
Binomial name
Passer cordofanicus Heuglin, 1871
Synonyms
Passer iagoensis cordofanicus Passer motitensis cordofanicus Passer rufocinctus cordofanicus

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Passer cordofanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
2. BirdLife International (2010). "Species factsheet: Passer cordofanicus". Retrieved 24 June 2010.
3. 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.

Further reading

• Sclater, W. L.; Mackworth-Praed, C. "A List of the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, based on the Collections of Mr. A. L. Butler, Mr. A. Chapman and Capt. H. Lynes, R. N., and Major Cuthebert Christy, R. A. M. C. (T. F.). Part IV (concluded). Pelecanidæ–Struthionidæ". The Ibis. 11. 2 (4): 781–854. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1920.tb06750.x.
• Summers-Smith, J. Denis (1988). The Sparrows. illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Calton, Staffs, England: T. & A. D. Poyser. ISBN 0-85661-048-8.