Saxaul Sparrow

SCI Name:  Passer ammodendri
Protonym:  Passer ammodendri BirdsAsia[Gould] 5 pt24 pl.15,text
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Passeridae / Passer
Taxonomy Code:  saxspa1
Type Locality:  Turkestan [Djulek, above Kzyl Orda, on the Sjr Darya, according to Hartert, 1904, Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 158].
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1872
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PASSER
(Passeridae; Ϯ House Sparrow P. domesticus) L. passer, passeris  sparrow; "Rostro in apicem crassum & brevem exeunte; { Rostri basi capiti latitudine multo cedente. . . . . .Passer. Genus 33.   ...   XXXIII. Genus Passerinum.  Le genre du Moineau.  ...  1. LE MOINEAU FRANC  ...  PASSER DOMESTICUS.  ...  Ils se nourrissent de graines & d'Insectes. Ils font leur nid dans les trous des murs." (Brisson 1760): based on "Passer" and "Passer domesticus" of many authors (Brisson lists over 20 species and forms of 'Moineau'); "Passer Brisson, 1760, Orn., 1, p. 36 [; 3, p. 71]. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 46), Fringilla domestica Linnaeus." (Greenway in Peters 1962, XV, 8).  No thanks to positive introduction, the House Sparrow, with a natural Palaearctic and western Indomalayan range, is now found throughout the world as a commensal of man. If the New Zealand wrens (Acanthisittiformes) and the tyrants and allies (Subosciniformes) are separated from the Passeriformes sens. lat. the remaining species could be titled Osciniformes.
Synon. Ammopasser, Auripasser, Caffropasser, Chrysospiza, Corospiza, Leucophrya, Megapasser, Pseudostruthus, Pyrgita, Pyrgitopsis, Salicipasser, Sorella.

passer
L. passer, passeris  sparrow.

ammodendri
Specific name (botany) Haloxylon ammodendron  black saxaul  < Gr. αμμος ammos  sand; δενδρον dendron  tree (Joek Roex in litt.) (cf. botanical genus  Ammodendron Fischer, 1825, sand acacia) (Passer).

SUBSPECIES

Saxaul Sparrow (ammodendri)
SCI Name: Passer ammodendri ammodendri
ammodendri
Specific name (botany) Haloxylon ammodendron  black saxaul  < Gr. αμμος ammos  sand; δενδρον dendron  tree (Joek Roex in litt.) (cf. botanical genus  Ammodendron Fischer, 1825, sand acacia) (Passer).

Saxaul Sparrow (nigricans)
SCI Name: Passer ammodendri nigricans
nigricans
L. nigricans, nigricantis  blackish, swarthy  < nigrare  to be black  < niger  black.
● ex “Suirirí chorrendo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 182 (syn. Hymenops perspicillata).
● ex “Ypacahá obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 371 (Pardirallus).
● ex “Brunoir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 106, fig. 1 (Pycnonotus).
● ex “Tachurí obscurito menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 167 (Ridgwayornis).

Saxaul Sparrow (stoliczkae)
SCI Name: Passer ammodendri stoliczkae
stoliczkae
Dr Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838-1874) Czech zoologist, geologist, palaeontologist, collector in the Himalayas 1864-1866, died on the Second Yarkand Mission (Carpodacus, syn. Certhia nipalensis, syn. Cettia cetti albiventris, subsp. Leptopoecile sophiae, syn. Linaria flavirostris, subsp. Passer ammodendri, subsp. Remiz coronatus, syn. Streptopelia decaocto).