Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Passeridae > Passer > Passer castanopterusPasser castanopterus (Somali Sparrow)The Somali sparrow (Passer castanopterus) is a member of the bird family Passeridae found in northern Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya. It is considered a superspecies with the russet sparrow (Passer rutilans) and sometimes is even treated as the same species. However, the similarities in plumage and morphology between the two seem to represent convergent evolution rather than a single lineage. Two subspecies are recognized: |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.33926 EDGE Score: 1.84676 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 18 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 1.7 grams | | Male Weight [4] | 18 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Granivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 20 % | | Diet - Scavenger [3] | 10 % | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 70 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [2] | 6 | | Mating Display [2] | Ground display |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Hobyo grasslands and shrublands |
Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Somali montane xeric woodlands |
Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Ceel Hammure |
Somalia |
A1, A3 |
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Daalo |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gacan Libaax |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Jasiira lagoon and Muqdisho islets |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Jowhar: Warshiikh |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Laag Dheere |
Somalia |
A3 |
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Lake Turkana |
Kenya |
A4i, A4iii |
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Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Raas Xaafuun: Raas Gumbax |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Saylac |
Somalia |
A3 |
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Xarardheere: Awale Rugno |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Yabello Sanctuary |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Yangudi-Rassa National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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