The plain-backed sparrow (Passer flaveolus), also called the Pegu sparrow or olive-backed sparrow, is a sparrow found in Southeast Asia. Its range spans from Myanmar to central Vietnam, and south to the western part of Peninsular Malaysia.[1]
| Plain-backed sparrow | |
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| Male in Thailand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Passer |
| Species: | P. flaveolus
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| Binomial name | |
| Passer flaveolus Blyth, 1845
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Passer flaveolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718194A94572013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718194A94572013.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Summers-Smith 1988, pp. 199–200
- ^ Giebel 1877, p. 35
Works cited
edit- Giebel, C. G. (1877). Thesaurus Ornithologiae (in German). Vol. III. Brockhaus.
- Summers-Smith, J. Denis (1988). The Sparrows: a Study of the Genus Passer. illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Calton, Staffs, England: T. & A. D. Poyser. ISBN 978-0-85661-048-6.
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