Passer melanurus

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Infraordo: Passerida • Superfamilia: Passeroidea • Familia: Passeridae • Genus: Passer • Species: Passer melanurus (Muller, 1776)

Vernacular names

• English: Cape Sparrow, Mossie
• Afrikaans: Gewone Mossie
• français: Moineau mélanure

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IUCN: Passer melanurus (Müller, 1776) (old web site) (Least Concern)

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    female at Sossusvlei
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    male at Sossusvlei
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  female at Sossusvlei
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  two males at Sossusvlei
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  male at Johannesburg
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  female at Johannesburg
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  male in West Coast National Park
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  females drinking in Namibia
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  four birds in Namibia
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  chick being fed my a male
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  Male in South Africa
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  Distribution map

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Passer melanurus