Chestnut-shouldered Petronia

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Chestnut-shouldered Petronia

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Petronia
Species: P. xanthocollis
Binomial name
Petronia xanthocollis
(Burton, 1838)
at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

The Chestnut-shouldered Petronia or Yellow-throated Sparrow (Petronia xanthocollis) is a species of sparrow-like bird found in South Asia.

It is found in forest and open scrub habitats. The species breeds in tree hollows often making use of the holes made be primary hole nesting birds such as barbets and woodpeckers.

[edit] References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Petronia xanthocollis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

[edit] Gallery

at Sindhrot in Vadodara district of Gujarat, India.

at Sindhrot in Vadodara district of Gujarat, India.

feeding at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.

at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.

at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.
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