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Passeriformes / Passeridae / Passer

Great Sparrow

Passer motitensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (grrspa1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer

Subspecies (3)

Passer motitensis benguellensis

southern Angola to Namibia
Passer motitensis motitensis

Botswana and north-central South Africa (northern Northern Cape and North West)
Passer motitensis subsolanus

southern Zimbabwe, northwestern Eswatini, and northeastern South Africa (southward to northern Free State)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (grrspa1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.