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title: "Kenya Rufous Sparrow"
description: "Passer rufocinctus — Uccelli. The Kenya sparrow (Passer rufocinctus), also known as the Kenya rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in Kenya and Tanzania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/kenya-rufous-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kenya Rufous Sparrow

> Passer rufocinctus — Uccelli. The Kenya sparrow (Passer rufocinctus), also known as the Kenya rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in Kenya and Tanzania.

- Scientific name: *Passer rufocinctus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `farm` (Fattoria), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 814
- Wikidata: [Q1316034](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1316034)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13865](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13865)

## Names

- en: Kenya Rufous Sparrow
- de: Keniasperling
- es: Gorrión Keniata
- fr: Moineau roux
- pt: Pardal-do-quênia
- pl: Wróbel rdzawobrewy

## Countries with the most observations

KE (475), TZ (241)

## Summary

The Kenya sparrow (Passer rufocinctus), also known as the Kenya rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in Kenya and Tanzania. It tends to be found in dry wooded savannah and agricultural areas. Some authorities have lumped the great sparrow (P. motitensis), the Kenya sparrow, and the Socotra sparrow (P. insularis) into P. motitensis following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993). Some authorities also lump Shelley's sparrow and the Kordofan sparrow with this species, or all three with the great sparrow.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_sparrow

## Photo

![Kenya Rufous Sparrow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/kenya-rufous-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/346339592

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/kenya-rufous-sparrow?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).