Kenya Sparrow

What the Kenya Sparrow sounds like

Recorded by Anne · Call · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Kenya Sparrow

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Kenya Sparrow

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Kenya Sparrow

The Kenya sparrow, also known as the Kenya rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in Kenya and Tanzania. It tends to be found in dry wooded savannah and agricultural areas. Some authorities have lumped the great sparrow (P. motitensis), the Kenya sparrow, and the Socotra sparrow (P. insularis) into P. motitensis following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993). Some authorities also lump Shelley's sparrow and the Kordofan sparrow with this species, or all three with the great sparrow.

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Easily confused with

Great SparrowPasser motitensisThe great sparrow, also known as the southern rufous sparrow, is found in southern Africa in dry, wooded savannah and towns. Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensisThe parrot-billed sparrow is found in the arid lowlands of eastern Africa. Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticusAt 12–13 cm (4.7–5.1 in) long it is one of the smaller species of its family, some 4 cm (1.6 in) shorter than the widespread house sparrow.