Gymnoris | |
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Yellow-throated sparrow (Gymnoris xanthocollis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passeridae |
Genus: |
Gymnoris Blyth, 1845 |
Type species | |
Fringilla flavicollis
[1] Franklin, 1831
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Species | |
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Gymnoris is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae. Three species are found in Africa while the yellow-throated sparrow ranges from Turkey to India.
The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1845 with the yellow-throated sparrow as the type species. [2] [3] The name combines the Ancient Greek words gumnos "bare" or "naked" and rhinos "nostrils". [4]
There are four species recognized: [5]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Yellow-spotted bush sparrow |
Gymnoris pyrgita (Heuglin, 1862) |
the Sahel and the Horn of Africa | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Yellow-throated bush sparrow |
Gymnoris superciliaris Blyth, 1845 |
south-central and southern Africa | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Sahel bush sparrow |
Gymnoris dentata (Sundevall, 1850) |
Africa from Mauritania to Guinea and east to Eritrea and the south-western Arabian Peninsula | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Yellow-throated sparrow |
Gymnoris xanthocollis (Burton, 1838) Two subspecies
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southern Asia | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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These species are sometimes placed in the genus Petronia.