What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Somali Sparrow been recorded?

Passer castanopterus occurrence evidence comes from 32 records in 3 countries and territories, from 1917 to 2016. Most records come from Djibouti.

Somali Sparrow
Somali Sparrow — Photo (display-sized rendition): L. Shyamal · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesPasseridaePasser

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

32 records across 3 countries and territories, 1917–2016.

Passer castanopterus · GBIF taxon key 5231192

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

3 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19172016

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Somali Sparrow has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Somali Sparrow. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Djibouti 21
Somalia 6
Kenya 5

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.