African Species List

Mainland and adjacent islands

Part 19 - House Sparrow to Sociable Weaver

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

P. d. indicus -- Alternative English Name(s): Indian House-Sparrow Alternative scientific name(s): P. d. buryi
P. d. rufodorsalis
P. d. bactrianus
P. d. domesticus
P. d. arboreus -- Alternative English Name(s): Sudan House-Sparrow
P. d. niloticus -- Alternative English Name(s): Egyptian House-Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. d. halfae, P. d. tingitanus
P. d. tingitanus
P. d. italiae

Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)

P. h. transcaspicus

Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus)

Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Somali Sparrow (Passer castanopterus)

P. c. castanopterus
P. c. fulgens

Southern Rufous Sparrow (Passer motitensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Great Sparrow, Kenya Rufous Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. iago rufocinctus

P. m. cordofanicus -- Alternative English Name(s): Kordofan Rufous Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): Passer cordofanicus
P. m. shelleyi -- Alternative English Name(s): Shelley's Sparrow, White Nile Rufous Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): Passer shelleyi
P. m. rufocinctus -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Rufous Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): Passer rufocinctus
P. m. motitensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Rufous Sparrow, Southern Rufous Sparrow
P. m. benguellensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Benguella Rufous Sparrow
P. m. subsolanus

Socotra Sparrow (Passer insularis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Socotra Rufous-Sparrow, Abd el Kuri Rufous-Sparrow

P. i. insularis -- Alternative English Name(s): Socotra Rufous-Sparrow
P. i. hemileucus -- Alternative English Name(s): Abd el Kuri Rufous-Sparrow

Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Mossie, Damara Mossie

P. m. melanurus -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. m. vicinus
P. m. damarensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Damara Mossie

Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern Grey-headed Sparrow, Sudan Grey-headed Sparrow, Uganda Grey-headed Sparrow, Somali Grey-headed Sparrow

P. g. griseus -- Alternative English Name(s): Sudan Grey-headed Sparoow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. g. thierryi, P. g. kleinschmidti, P. g. eritreae, P. g. nikersoni, P. g. albiventris
P. g. ugandae -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Grey-headed Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. g. mosambicus
P. g. neumanni -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Grey-headed Sparrow
P. g. jubaensis
P. g. laeneni

Swainson's Sparrow (Passer swainsonii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Grey-headed Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. abyssinicus

Swahili Sparrow (Passer suahelicus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Mwanza Grey-headed Sparrow

Parrot-billed Sparrow (Passer gongonensis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. g. turkanae, P. g. tertale

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Cape Sparrow

P. d. diffusus -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Grey-headed Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. d. georgicus
P. d. mosambicus -- Alternative English Name(s): Mozambique Grey-headed Sparrow
P. d. stygiceps
P. d. loangwae -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Grey-headed Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. d. zedlitzi

Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex) -- Alternative English Name(s): Western Desert-Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. s. simplex, P. s. saharae

P. s. simplex
P. s. saharae

Sudan Golden Sparrow (Passer luteus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. l. tsilemsiensis

Arabian Golden Sparrow (Passer euchlorus)

Chestnut Sparrow (Passer eminibey) -- Alternative English Name(s): Guasso Chestnut Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. e. eminibey, P. e. guasso

Yellow-spotted Petronia (Petronia pyrgita) -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. xanthosterna

P. p. pyrgita -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Rock Sparrow, Jubaland Rock Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. p. dankali, P. p. reichenowi
P. p. pallida -- Alternative English Name(s): Sudan Rock Sparrow
P. p. massaica -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Rock Sparrow
P. p. kakamariae -- Alternative English Name(s): Karamoja Rock Sparrow

Yellow-throated Petronia (Petronia superciliaris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Southern Yellow-throated Petronia, Yellow-throated Sparoow, South African Rock-Sparrow -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. s. boroensis, P. s. oraria

Bush Petronia (Petronia dentata)

P. d. dentata -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Rock Sparrow
P. d. buchanani -- Alternative English Name(s): Saharan Lesser Rock Sparrow

Pale Rockfinch (Petronia brachydactyla) -- Alternative English Name(s): Pale Rock Sparrow

Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)

P. p. petronia
P. p. brachydactyla

White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) -- Alternative English Name(s): Pied Wagtail

M. a. alba -- Alternative English Name(s): Abd el Kuri Wagtail -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. a. forwoodi
M. a. yarrellii
M. a. dukhunensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Indian White Wagtail
M. a. subperonata -- Alternative English Name(s): Moroccan Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)

M. a. vidua
M. a. aguimp -- Alternative English Name(s): Levaillant's Wagtail -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. a. vaillanti, M. a. nigricotis

Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. simplicissima

M. c. capensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Quickstertjie -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. c. bradfieldi, M. c. beirensis
M. c. simplicissima -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Wagtail
M. c. wellsi -- Alternative English Name(s): Well's Wagtail

Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)

M. c. citreola

Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. morealis

M. f. flava -- Alternative English Name(s): Blue-headed Wagtail
M. f. iberiae -- Alternative English Name(s): Spanish Yellow Wagtail, Spanish Ashy-headed Wagtail -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. f. fasciatus
M. f. cinereocapilla -- Alternative English Name(s): Ashy-headed Wagtail, Dark-headed Yellow Wagtail
M. f. pygmaea -- Alternative English Name(s): Egyptian Yellow Wagtail
M. f. beema -- Alternative English Name(s): Sykes's Wagtail, Indian Blue-headed Wagtail
M. f. flavissima -- Alternative English Name(s): British Yellow Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. f. rayi
M. f. lutea -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Yellow-headed Wagtail, Eastern Yellow Wagtail -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. f. campestris
M. f. thunbergi -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey-headed Wagtail, Dark-headed Yellow Wagtail -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. f. borealis
M. f. feldegg -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-headed Wagtail, Black-headed Yellow Wagtail
M. f. leucocephala -- Alternative English Name(s): White-headed Wagtail
M. f. melanogrisea -- Alternative English Name(s): Turkestan Black-headed Wagtail
M. f. superciliaris -- Alternative English Name(s): White-eye-browed Yellow Wagtail
M. f. dombrowskii -- Alternative English Name(s): Romanian Blue-headed Wagtail
M. f. perconfusus -- Alternative English Name(s): Yellow-browed Yellow Wagtail

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. boarula, M. caspica

M. c. cinerea -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. c. caspica
M. c. patriciae
M. c. schmitzi
M. c. canariensis

Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara) -- Alternative English Name(s): Long-tailed Wagtail

M. c. torrentium
M. c. clara -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. c. rhadimura
M. c. chapini

Golden Pipit (Tmetothylacus tenellus)

Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. c. vulturinus, M. c. tertius, M. c. hygricus

Fulleborn's Longclaw (Macronyx fuelleborni) -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. ascensi

M. f. ascensi
M. f. fuelleborni

Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Orange-throated Longclaw

M. c. colletti -- Alternative English Name(s): Natal Kalkoentje -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. c. stabilior, M. c. latimerae
M. c. capensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Kalkoentje

Abyssinian Longclaw (Macronyx flavicollis)

Pink-throated Longclaw (Macronyx ameliae) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rosy-breasted Longclaw, Kenya Pink-throated Longclaw -- Alternative scientific name(s): M.. a. ameliae, M. a. altanus, M. a. wintoni, M. a. subocularis

Grimwood's Longclaw (Macronyx grimwoodi)

Pangani Longclaw (Macronyx aurantiigula)

Sharpe's Longclaw (Anthus sharpei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sharpe's Pipit

Yellow-breasted Pipit (Anthus chloris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Small Yellow-tufted Pipit

Striped Pipit (Anthus lineiventris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Striped Yellow-tufted Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A.. l. lineiventris, A. l. stygium

African Rock Pipit (Anthus crenatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Yellow-tufted Pipit, Large Yellow-tufted Pipit

American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

European Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rock Pipit

A. p. littoralis

Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. s. meinertzhageni

A. s. spinoletta
A. s. coutellii

Grassland Pipit (Anthus cinnamameus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Richard's Pipit, Grassveld Pipit, African Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A.. richardi, A. novaeseelandiae

A. c. rufuloides -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. n. transkeiensis, A. n. raaltenii
A. c. bocagei -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Richard's Pipit
A. c. grotei
A. c. lichenya -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. n. katangae
A. c. lacuum -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Richard's Pipit
A. c. spurium
A. c. annae -- Alternative English Name(s): Somaliand Richard's Pipit
A. c. cinnamomeus -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Richard's Pipit
A. c. stabilis
A. c. lynesi -- Alternative English Name(s): Banso Mountain Pipit
A. c. itombwensis
A. c. richardi
A. c. latistriatus -- Alternative English Name(s): Jackson's Pipit, Nyasa Long-billed Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): Anthus latistriatus, A. similis nyassae, A. sordidus nyassae
A. c. camaroonensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Pipit, Cameroon Mountain Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): Anthus camaroonensis

Mountain Pipit (Anthus hoeschi) -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. h. editus, A. h. lwenarum

Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)

Plain-backed Pipit (Anthus leucophrys) -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. pyrrhonotha, A. gouldii

A. l. leucophrys -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. l. enunciator
A. l. tephridorsus
A. l. bohndorffi -- Alternative English Name(s): Congo Plain-backed Pipit, Uganda Plain-backed Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. l. prunus
A. l. zenkeri -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Plain-backed Pipit
A. l. gouldii -- Alternative English Name(s): Upper Guinea Plain-backed Pipit Alternative scientific name(s): A. l. turneri
A. l. ansorgei
A. l. omoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Omo River Plain-backed Pipit
A. l. saphiroi -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Plain-backed Pipit
A. l. goodsoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Plain-backed Pipit

Buffy Pipit (Anthus vaalensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sandy Plain-backed Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A.. daviesi, A. gouldi

A. v. vaalensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Vaal River Plain-backed Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. v. daviesi
A. v. exasperatus
A. v. chobiensis
A. v. namibicus
A. v. neumanni -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Plain-backed Pipt -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. v. prunus, A. v. marungensis, A. v. muhingae

Long-tailed Pipit (Anthus longicaudatus)

Long-legged Pipit (Anthus pallidiventris)

A. p. pallidiventris
A. p. esobe

Malindi Pipit (Anthus melindae)

A. m. melindae
A. m. mallablensis

Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)

A. c. campestris
A. c. griseus -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Tawny Pipit

Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. sordidus

A. s. nicholsoni -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Long-billed Pipit
A. s. petricolus
A. s. leucocraspedon -- Alternative English Name(s): Damara Long-billed Pipit
A. s. palliditinctus
A. s. frondicolus
A. s. schoutedeni -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. s. chlorosophilos
A. s. moco
A. s. dewittei -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. s. hallae
A. s. hararensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Harar Long-billed Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. s. neumannianus
A. s. chyuluensis
A. s. nivescens -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Long-billed Pipit, Kenya Long-billed Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. s. sordidus, A. s. longirostris
A. s. jebelmarrae -- Alternative English Name(s): Jebel Marra Long-billed Pipit
A. s. asbenaicus -- Alternative English Name(s): Asben Long-billed Pipit
A. s. bannermani -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. s. chapini, A. s. josensis
A. s. sokotrae -- Alternative English Name(s): Bannerman's Pipit, Socotra Long-billed Pipit
A. s. nyansae -- Alternative English Name(s): Wood Pipit, Woodland Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. nyansae, A. n. winterbottomi

Short-tailed Pipit (Anthus brachyurus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. leggei

A. b. leggei -- Alternative English Name(s): Rwenzori Short-tailed Pipit Alternative scientific name(s): A. b. eludens
A. b. brachyurus

Bush Pipit (Anthus caffer) -- Alternative English Name(s): Bushveld Pipit, Little Tawny Pipit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A.. cathropae

A. c. caffer
A. c. traylori
A. c. mzimbaensis
A. c. blayneyi -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Bush Pipit
A. c. australoabyssinicus

Sokoke Pipit (Anthus sokokensis)

Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)

A. t. trivialis

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

A. p. pratensis

Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)

Alpine Accentor (Prunelia collaris)

P. c. collaris

Dunnock (Prunella modularis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Hedge Accentor

P. m. modularis
P. m. obscura