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title: "Northern Grey-headed Sparrow"
description: "Passer griseus — Vogels. The northern grey-headed sparrow (Passer griseus), also known as the grey-headed sparrow, is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae, which is resident in much of tropical Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/northern-grey-headed-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

> Passer griseus — Vogels. The northern grey-headed sparrow (Passer griseus), also known as the grey-headed sparrow, is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae, which is resident in much of tropical Africa.

- Scientific name: *Passer griseus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2633
- Wikidata: [Q1316022](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1316022)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13870](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13870)

## Names

- en: Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
- de: Graukopfsperling
- es: Gorrión Gris
- fr: Moineau gris
- pt: Pardal-de-cabeça-cinzenta
- pl: Wróbel siwogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

UG (373), GM (191), TZ (190), RW (130), SN (127), KE (122), BJ (107), NG (107), GH (95), CM (81), ZM (71), DZ (65)

## Summary

The northern grey-headed sparrow (Passer griseus), also known as the grey-headed sparrow, is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae, which is resident in much of tropical Africa. It occurs in a wide range of open habitats, including open woodlands and human habitation, often occupying the same niche as the house sparrow does in Eurasia.
The adult northern grey-headed sparrow has a pale grey head with a white moustache stripe, pale brown upperparts, whitish underparts and chestnut wings with a small white shoulder patch. The sexes are similar, but young birds are slightly duller and lack the white wing…

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

## Photo

![Northern Grey-headed Sparrow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-grey-headed-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: karim Attouche · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258145886

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-grey-headed-sparrow?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).