Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Subspecies (4)
Denis Summers-Smith
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 2, 2019
Text last updated July 2, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gryskopmossie |
| Bulgarian | Южно сивоглаво врабче |
| Catalan | pardal sud-africà |
| Croatian | južnoafrički vrabac |
| Dutch | Mozambikaanse mus |
| English | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow |
| English (United States) | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow |
| Estonian | hallpea-varblane |
| French | Moineau sud-africain |
| French (Canada) | Moineau sud-africain |
| German | Damarasperling |
| Icelandic | Tunglspör |
| Japanese | ミナミハイガシラスズメ |
| Norwegian | kraalspurv |
| Polish | wróbel blady |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pardal-de-cabeça-cinzenta-meridional |
| Russian | Дамарский воробей |
| Serbian | Južni sivoglavi vrabac |
| Slovak | vrabec obratníkový |
| Spanish | Gorrión Sudafricano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gorrión sudafricano |
| Swedish | sydafrikasparv |
| Turkish | Güneyli Bozbaş Serçe |
| Ukrainian | Горобець блідий |
| Zulu | ujolwanokhandampunga |
Passer diffusus (Smith, 1836)
PROTONYM:
Pyrgita diffusa
Smith, 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa from the Cape of Good Hope (etc.), p.50.
TYPE LOCALITY:
between the Orange River and the tropic ; restricted to near Kuruman by Maedonald and Hall (1957, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 23, p. 35).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PASSER
- passer
- diffusa / diffusus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
