The Socotra sparrow (Passer insularis) is a passerine bird endemic to the islands of Socotra, Samhah, and Darsah in the Indian Ocean, off the Horn of Africa.[3][4] The taxonomy of this species and its relatives is complex, with some authorities, including BirdLife International, recognising this species and the very similar Abd al-Kuri sparrow, as well as several from mainland Africa, as separate,[5][6] and others lumping all these species and the probably unrelated Iago sparrow.[7]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Passer |
| Species: | P. insularis
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| Passer insularis | |
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Passer insularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22736000A132187599. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22736000A132187599.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Sclater, P. L.; Hartlaub, G. (1881). "On the Birds collected in Socotra by Prof. I. B. Balfour". Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1881. Vol. 1881. pp. 165–175.
- ^ Balfour, I. B.; Forbes, Henry O. (1903). "The Birds of Sokotra". In Forbes, Henry O. (ed.). The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-kuri. London: R. H. Porter.
- ^ Shelley 1902, pp. 238–239
- ^ BirdLife International (2010). "Species factsheet: Passer insularis". Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ Kirwan, Guy M. (2008). "Studies of Socotran Birds III. Morphological and mensural evidence for a 'new' species in the Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis complex endemic to the island of Abd 'Al Kuri, with the validation of Passer insularis Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 128 (2): 83–93.
- ^ Summers-Smith 1988, p. 92
- Works cited
- Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1888). Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes: Part III. Containing the Family Fringillidæ.
- Shelley, G. E. (1902). The Birds of Africa, Comprising All the Species Which Occur in the Ethiopian Region. Vol. III. London: R. H. Porter.
- Summers-Smith, J. Denis (1988). The Sparrows. illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Calton, Staffs, England: T. & A. D. Poyser. ISBN 0-85661-048-8.
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