page_title: Shelley's sparrow
hierarchical_section_title: Shelley's sparrow
caption_attribution_description: English: A detail of an illustration by Henrik Grönvold showing a Shelley's Sparrow, from G. E. Shelley's Birds of Africa
context_page_description: Shelley's sparrow, also known as Shelley's rufous sparrow or the White Nile rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in eastern Africa from South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and north-western Somalia to northern Uganda and north-western Kenya. Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow. This species is named after English geologist and ornithologist George Ernest Shelley.
context_section_description: Shelley's sparrow (Passer shelleyi), also known as Shelley's rufous sparrow or the White Nile rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in eastern Africa from South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and north-western Somalia to northern Uganda and north-western Kenya. Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of the Kenya sparrow. This species is named after English geologist and ornithologist George Ernest Shelley.
caption: A detail of an illustration by Henrik Grönvold, showing a male Shelley's sparrow
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