Plain-backed sparrow

Plain-backed sparrow
Male in Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

  1. ^ a b 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