Somali Sparrow

SCI Name:  Passer castanopterus
Protonym:  Passer castanopterus J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 24(1855) p.302 ydP
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Passeridae / Passer
Taxonomy Code:  somspa1
Type Locality:  Somaliland.
Author:  Blyth
Publish Year:  1855
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.

castanoptera / castanopterum / castanopterus
Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Chesnut Coucal” of Latham 1822 (syn. Centropus sinensis).

SUBSPECIES

Somali Sparrow (castanopterus)
SCI Name: Passer castanopterus castanopterus
castanoptera / castanopterum / castanopterus
Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Chesnut Coucal” of Latham 1822 (syn. Centropus sinensis).

Somali Sparrow (fulgens)
SCI Name: Passer castanopterus fulgens
fulgens
L. fulgens, fulgentis  glittering  < fulgere  to shine.