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Species of bird
The Socotra sparrow (Passer insularis ) is a
passerine bird
endemic to the islands of
Socotra ,
Samhah , and
Darsah in the Indian Ocean, off the
Horn of Africa .
[3]
[4] The taxonomy of this species and its relatives is complex, with some authorities, including
BirdLife International , recognising this species and the very similar
Abd al-Kuri sparrow , as well as several from mainland Africa, as separate,
[5]
[6] and others
lumping all these species and the probably unrelated
Iago sparrow .
[7]
References
^ BirdLife International (2018).
"Passer insularis " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 : e.T22736000A132187599.
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22736000A132187599.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021 .
^ Sclater, P. L.; Hartlaub, G. (1881). "On the Birds collected in Socotra by Prof. I. B. Balfour".
Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1881 . Vol. 1881. pp. 165–175.
^
Balfour, I. B. ;
Forbes, Henry O. (1903). "The Birds of Sokotra". In Forbes, Henry O. (ed.).
The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-kuri . London: R. H. Porter.
^
Shelley 1902 , pp. 238–239
^
BirdLife International (2010).
"Species factsheet: Passer insularis " . Retrieved 24 June 2010 .
^ Kirwan, Guy M. (2008). "Studies of Socotran Birds III. Morphological and mensural evidence for a 'new' species in the Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis complex endemic to the island of Abd 'Al Kuri, with the validation of Passer insularis Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881".
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . 128 (2): 83–93.
^
Summers-Smith 1988 , p. 92
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