Bush petronia

Bush petronia

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Infraorder:	Passerida
Superfamily:	Passeroidea
Family:	Passeridae
Genus:	Petronia
Species:	P. dentata
Binomial name
*Petronia dentata* (Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms
Gymnoris dentata

The bush petronia (Petronia dentata) is a species of bird in the Passeridae family.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Petronia dentata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

Sparrows (family: Passeridae)

Genus	Species

Hypocryptadius	Cinnamon ibon

Passer	Saxaul sparrow House sparrow Spanish sparrow Italian sparrow Sind sparrow Somali sparrow Russet sparrow or cinnamon sparrow Plain-backed sparrow or Pegu sparrow Dead Sea sparrow Great sparrow Socotra sparrow Abd al-Kuri sparrow Kenya sparrow Kordofan sparrow Shelley's sparrow Iago sparrow Cape sparrow Northern grey-headed sparrow Swainson's sparrow Parrot-billed sparrow Swahili sparrow Southern grey-headed sparrow Desert sparrow Eurasian tree sparrow Sudan golden sparrow Arabian golden sparrow Chestnut sparrow Passer predomesticus

Petronia	Yellow-spotted petronia Yellow-throated sparrow Yellow-throated petronia Bush petronia Rock sparrow

Carpospiza	Pale rockfinch

Montifringilla (snowfinches)	White-winged snowfinch Henri's snowfinch Tibetan snowfinch or black-winged snowfinch White-rumped snowfinch Père David's snowfinch Rufous-necked snowfinch Blanford's snowfinch Afghan snowfinch

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