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Cape Sparrow
Passer melanurus · Family Passeridae
Passer melanurus
Family Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passeridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 396,555
- Countries and territories with records
- 14
About this species
This species has 396,555 occurrence records from 14 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (95%) and Namibia (4%); together they account for 98.9% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.95% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Passer melanurus combines the genus name Passer with the species epithet melanurus. 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 hispaniolensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 47 species of the family Passeridae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Passer domesticus. Its record count is 57.7% of the family average (687,513). The family Passeridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.