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DesertCavity nestSmall · 18 g
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The Sahel bush sparrow is a small bird with a large, conical beak and a short tail. It grows to a length of about 13 cm (5 in). The male has a grey crown, a wide but ill-defined reddish-brown supercilium and greyish-brown face and throat, surrounding the creamy-white bib. The male's beak is black during the breeding season but horn-coloured during the rest of the year. The plumage on the upper parts and tail is mainly brown, with no white on the tail. The upper throat has an ill-defined yellowish spot and the breast is creamy-buff, becoming whiter on the belly.
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When to see the Sahel Bush Sparrow
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Sahel Bush Sparrow
The map shades 19 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Mauritania, Sudan.
About the Sahel Bush Sparrow
The Sahel bush sparrow or bush petronia, is a species of bird in the family Passeridae. It is found in Africa from Mauritania to Guinea and east to Eritrea and the south-western Arabian Peninsula in its natural habitats of dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgitaThe yellow-spotted bush sparrow or yellow-spotted petronia is a species of bird in the sparrow family, Passeridae.
Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliarisThe yellow-throated bush sparrow, also known as the yellow-throated petronia, is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae.
Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollisIt has a finer bill than typical sparrows of the genus Passer and unlike them has no streaks on the plumage.
Side by side: Sahel Bush Sparrow vs Yellow-throated Sparrow
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