Species profile
White Nile Sparrow
Passer shelleyi
Quick answer
southeastern South Sudan, southern and eastern Ethiopia, northwestern Somalia, northern Uganda, and extreme western Kenya
- Scientific name
- Passer shelleyi
- Family
- Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Passer
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording White Nile Sparrow in your journal
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Related species in Passeridae
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- Arabian Golden Sparrow (Passer euchlorus)
- Austrartamus melanops (Austrartamus melanops)
- Black-capped Social-Weaver (Pseudonigrita cabanisi)
- Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)
- Chestnut Sparrow (Passer eminibey)