Gymnoris pyrgita (Heuglin, 1862) is a animal in the Passeridae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Gymnoris pyrgita (Heuglin, 1862)

Gymnoris pyrgita (Heuglin, 1862)

Gymnoris pyrgita, the yellow-spotted bush sparrow, is a common Passeridae bird found in dry habitats across the Sahel and Horn of Africa.

Family
Genus
Gymnoris
Order
Passeriformes
Class
Aves

About Gymnoris pyrgita (Heuglin, 1862)

Gymnoris pyrgita, commonly known as the yellow-spotted bush sparrow or yellow-spotted petronia, is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae. It is common across the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Photo: (c) Peter Steward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Passeridae Gymnoris

More from Passeridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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