Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Passer gongonensis

The Parrot-billed Sparrow (Passer gongonensis) is a 40 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

40 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda.

Where to see it: CCF Somaliland (Somalia); Ambassador Hotel (Somalia); Samburu NR (General - please use more specific hotspot if possible) (Kenya); Mansoor Hotel (Somalia); Amboseli NP (Kenya).

Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist