Parrot-billed sparrow

Parrot-billed sparrow
In Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder: Passerida
Superfamily: Passeroidea
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer
Species: P. gongonensis
Binomial name
Passer gongonensis
(Oustalet, 1890)

The parrot-billed sparrow (Passer gongonensis) is found in the arid lowlands of east central Africa. At 18 centimetres (7.1 in) and 42 grams (1.5 oz), it is largest of the sparrows of the family Passeridae. It is often considered a subspecies of the grey-headed sparrow.

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