Arabian Golden Sparrow | |
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An illustration of an Arabian Golden Sparrow (above) and a Yellow-throated Petronia (below) by Henrik Grönvold | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Suborder: | Passeri |
Infraorder: | Passerida |
Superfamily: | Passeroidea |
Family: | Passeridae |
Genus: | Passer |
Species: | P. euchlorus |
Binomial name | |
Passer euchlorus (Bonaparte, 1851) |
The Arabian Golden Sparrow (Passer euchlorus) is a sparrow found in south west Arabia and also the coast of Somalia and Djibouti where it occurs in thorn savanna and scrub habitats. It is sometimes considered as a subspecies of the Sudan Golden Sparrow (Passer luteus).
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