Shelley's Sparrow

When to see the Shelley's Sparrow

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Shelley's Sparrow

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Shelley's Sparrow

Shelley's sparrow, also known as Shelley's rufous sparrow or the White Nile rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in eastern Africa from South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and north-western Somalia to northern Uganda and north-western Kenya. Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow. This species is named after English geologist and ornithologist George Ernest Shelley.

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Easily confused with

Desert SparrowPasser simplexThe desert sparrow is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae, found in the Sahara Desert of northern Africa. Saxaul SparrowPasser ammodendriThe saxaul sparrow is one of the larger sparrows at 14–16 centimetres (5.5–6.3 in) and 25–32 grams (0.88–1.13 oz). Iago SparrowPasser iagoensisThe Iago sparrow is a small sparrow, 12.5–13 centimetres (4.9–5.1 in) long, with a wing length of 5.5–6.9 centimetres (2.2–2.7 in).