Plain-backed sparrow

The plain-backed sparrow (Passer flaveolus), also called the Pegu sparrow or olive-backed sparrow, is a sparrow found in Southeast Asia. Its range spans from Myanmar to central Vietnam, and south to the western part of Peninsular Malaysia.^[1]

Plain-backed sparrow
Male in Thailand
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passeridae
Genus:	Passer
Species:	P. flaveolus
Binomial name
Passer flaveolus Blyth, 1845
Synonyms[2][3]
Passer jugiferus Bonaparte, 1850 Passer assimilis Walden, 1870

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Passer flaveolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718194A94572013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718194A94572013.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Summers-Smith 1988, pp. 199–200
3. Giebel 1877, p. 35

Works cited

• Giebel, C. G. (1877). Thesaurus Ornithologiae (in German). Vol. III. Brockhaus.
• Summers-Smith, J. Denis (1988). The Sparrows: a Study of the Genus Passer. illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Calton, Staffs, England: T. & A. D. Poyser. ISBN 978-0-85661-048-6.

External links

• Pegu sparrow at the Internet Bird Collection