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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Passeridae (sparrows, petronias)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Passer melanurus (Cape sparrow) 

Passer diffusus (Southern grey-headed sparrow) 

Passer griseus (Northern grey-headed sparrow)

Passer motitensis (Great sparrow) 

Petronia superciliaris (Yellow-throated petronia, Yellow-throated sparrow) 

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

Passer domesticus (House sparrow)