The southern grey-headed sparrow (''Passer diffusus'') is a
passerine
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their ...
bird of the
sparrow family
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Passeridae. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the
grey-headed sparrow. It is found in savanna and woodland in Angola and Zambia southwards into South Africa, where it is expanding its range
and is kept as a caged bird, like its relative the
white-rumped seedeater.
References
External links
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Southern Grey-headed Sparrowat the Internet Bird Collection
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow species textin The Atlas of Southern African Birds
southern grey-headed sparrow
Birds of Southern Africa
Birds described in 1836
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