Shelley's sparrow explained

Shelley's sparrow (Passer shelleyi), also known as Shelley's rufous sparrow or the White Nile rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in eastern Africa from South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and north-western Somalia to northern Uganda and north-western Kenya.^[1] Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow.^[2] This species is named after English geologist and ornithologist George Ernest Shelley.^[3]

References

Works cited

• Book: Summers-Smith, J. Denis. 1988. illustrated by Robert Gillmor. The Sparrows: a study of the genus Passer. T. & A. D. Poyser. Calton, Staffs, England. 0-85661-048-8. registration.

External links

• White Nile rufous sparrow at the Internet Bird Collection

Notes and References

1. Web site: BirdLife International. BirdLife International. 2010. Species factsheet: Passer shelleyi. 24 June 2010.
2. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2018 . Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers . World Bird List Version 8.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 5 October 2018 .
3. Book: Boelens. Bo. Watkins. Michael. Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. 2003. Yale University Press. 0-300-10359-X. 310.