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Description:   The distribution of the Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus). It is resident throughout its range (shown in red). This map is based on the IUCN Red List's map (from Red List 2014.2), by BirdLife International, with finer details or corrections based on the following sources: Dean, W. R. J. (1997) "Cape Sparrow" in Harrison, J. A.; Allan, D. G.; Underhill, L. G.; Herremans, M.; Tree, A. J.; Parker, V.; and Brown, C. J. , ed. (in English) The Atlas of Southern African Birds, 1, BirdLife South Africa, pp. 540–541 (general) Parker, Vincent "Cape Sparrow" in (in English) Swaziland Bird Atlas, Swaziland National Trust Commission Retrieved on 6 September 2014. (Swaziland) Summers-Smith, J. D. (1990) "Changes in distribution and habitat utilisation by members of the genus Passer" in Pinowski, J.; Summers-Smith, J. D. , ed. (in English) Granivorous birds in the agricultural landscape, Warsaw: Pánstwowe Wydawnictom Naukowe, pp. 11–29 ISBN: 83-01-08460-X. (Cape) Summers-Smith, J. Denis; illustrated by Robert Gillmor (1988) (in English) The Sparrows: a study of the genus Passer, Calton, Staffs, England: T. & A. D. Poyser ISBN: 0-85661-048-8. (Angola)
Title: Passer melanurus distribution
Credit: Created by Innotata, using ArcMap and Adobe Illustrator. Original spatial data of the species range is from the IUCN Red List (CC-BY-SA-3.0, see Commons:IUCN Red List), those of country boundaries are from the CIA (public domain).
Author: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, BirdLife International (species assessors and authors of the spatial data), Central Intelligence Agency, Innotata
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