Gymnoris | |
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Yellow-throated sparrow (Gymnoris xanthocollis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passeridae |
Genus: | Gymnoris Blyth, 1845 |
Type species | |
Fringilla flavicollis[1] Franklin, 1831
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Species | |
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Gymnoris is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae. Three species are found in Africa while the yellow-throated sparrow ranges from Turkey to India.
The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1845 with the yellow-throated sparrow as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek words gumnos "bare" or "naked" and rhinos "nostrils".[4]
There are four species recognized:[5]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Gymnoris pyrgita | Yellow-spotted bush sparrow | the Sahel and the Horn of Africa |
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Gymnoris superciliaris | Yellow-throated bush sparrow | south-central and southern Africa |
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Gymnoris dentata | Sahel bush sparrow | Africa from Mauritania to Guinea and east to Eritrea and the south-western Arabian Peninsula |
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Gymnoris xanthocollis | Yellow-throated sparrow | southern Asia |
These species are sometimes placed in the genus Petronia.