Sudan Golden Sparrow (Passer luteus)
About the Sudan Golden Sparrow
The Sudan golden sparrow (Passer luteus) is a small species of bird in the sparrow family found in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a famous cage bird, and in aviculture, it is known as the golden song sparrow. The Arabian golden sparrow and this species are sometimes considered one species, as the "golden sparrow". This species was first described by Martin Lichtenstein in 1823, as Fringilla lutea, from a specimen collected at Dongola, Sudan. Since then it has generally been placed in the genus Passer. The species name luteus means saffron yellow in Latin.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 34 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Algeria, France, Senegal, Spain in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusrecording
- House SparrowPasser domesticusrecording
- Italian SparrowPasser italiaerecording
- Kenya SparrowPasser rufocinctusrecording
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseusrecording
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.