10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPE SPARROW»
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1
Southern African Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide
The indigenous Cape sparrow (Passer melanurus) is found in the south, and
distinguished by its bold black and white head. It too shows a fondness for
human company, and often nests on telegraph poles. The southern grey-headed
sparrow ...
It was first recorded in the southwestern Cape in October 1962, at Piket- berg,
and reached Cape Town in December 1963. The House Sparrow seems to co-
exist with the indigenous Cape Sparrow but may compete with the Cape Wagtail
for ...
3
The Vyne: Mystery of the Hidden Ember
the southern coast of the Western Territories, the Witherland Straits funneled into
a long narrow inlet known as Cape Sparrow. Her cobalt blue waters were strewn
with thousands of rocky shards, erecting above the crashing waves like giant, ...
4
Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World
SPARROWS Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae Subfamily:
Emberizinae Sparrows lead secretive lives in the dense vegetation of wetlands,
shrub lands, and prairies. Many of them spend much of their time on the ground ...
5
Newman's Birds by Colour
They are the Cape Sparrow P. melanurus, the Great Sparrow P. motitensis and
the Southern Grey-headed Sparrow P. diffusus. While all scientific bird names
are written in italic type, only the first or generic name is given a capital initial.
6
Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide
R Cape SparroW Passer melanurus 15cm GewoneMossie This species with its
black and white head pattern is more bunting-like than it is sparrow-like. The
male is unmistakable: the only sparrow in the region to have a pied head. The
female ...
Ian Sinclair, Ian Hugh Davidson, 1995
7
Biology of the Ubiquitous House
Sparrow : From Genes to ...
... grey-headed sparrow Southern Africa iagoenesis Iago sparrow Cape Verde
Islands motitensis Rufous sparrow Eastern and southern Africa, Socotra Island
melanurus Cape sparrow Southern Africa domesticus House sparrow Europe,
Asia, ...
Ted R. Anderson Professor of Biology McKendree College in Illinois (Emeritus), 2006
8
Programme and Abstracts: Göttingen 7-11 April 2008
... the Spanish Sparrow (P. hispaniolensis), the Southern Greyheaded Sparrow (
P. diffusus), the Grey-headed Sparrows (P. griseus), the Rufous Sparrow (P.
motitensis), the Pegu Sparrow (P.flaveolus) the Cape Sparrow (P. mela- nurus),
the ...
Stephan Robbert Gradstein, 2008
9
The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa
... 798 Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 799 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 800
Sociable Weaver 801 House Sparrow 802 Great Sparrow 803 Cape Sparrow
804 Southern Greyheaded Sparrow Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 805 Yellow-
throated ...
Ian Sinclair, P. A. R. Hockey, 2005
10
What's that Bird?: A Starter's Guide to Birds of Southern Africa
In the Cape Sparrow (length 15 cm) the male has an all-black head, throat and
upper breast dissected by a broad white 'C'. The female is similar but paler, the
head grey and the 'C' less evident Yellow-throated Sparrow - i. Mousebirds The ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPE SPARROW»
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Cape sparrow is used in the context of the following news items.
Barbershop bird becomes an attraction
... Road in Constantia Park, with customers often returning to just see the little bird, who belongs to the mossie or Cape sparrow species. «News24, May 15»
Vote for Your Favourite Local Bird in BirdLife SA's Fun and Feathery …
Sasol Birds of Southern Africa Save me from the Lion\'s Mouth Are you a Bokmakierie, or more a Cape Sparrow kind of person? Do you fancy a ... «Books LIVE, Jan 15»
