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Plain-backed Sparrow
Passer flaveolus · Family Passeridae
Passer flaveolus
Family Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passeridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 34,192
- Countries and territories with records
- 7
About this species
This species has 34,192 occurrence records from 7 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Thailand (71.2%), Cambodia (21.9%), Myanmar (2.9%), Vietnam (1.9%) and Laos (1.1%); together they account for 99.1% of the total. In Thailand, this species accounts for 0.37% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Passer flaveolus combines the genus name Passer with the species epithet flaveolus. 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 14th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Passer domesticus. Its record count is 5% of the family average (687,513). The family Passeridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.