Warbla · Library
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer diffusus · Family Passeridae
Passer diffusus
Family Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passeridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 304,919
- Countries and territories with records
- 19
About this species
This species has 304,919 occurrence records from 19 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (84.8%), Namibia (5.6%), Zimbabwe (3.5%) and Botswana (2.9%); together they account for 96.7% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.65% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Passer diffusus combines the genus name Passer with the species epithet diffusus. The Warbla app catalog lists 25 species of the genus Passer; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Passer domesticus, Passer montanus and Passer melanurus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 47 species of the family Passeridae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Passer domesticus. Its record count is 44.4% of the family average (687,513). The family Passeridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.