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title: "Plain-backed Sparrow"
description: "Passer flaveolus — Aves. The plain-backed sparrow (Passer flaveolus), also called the Pegu sparrow or olive-backed sparrow, is a sparrow found in Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/plain-backed-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plain-backed Sparrow

> Passer flaveolus — Aves. The plain-backed sparrow (Passer flaveolus), also called the Pegu sparrow or olive-backed sparrow, is a sparrow found in Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Passer flaveolus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1035
- Wikidata: [Q135901](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135901)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13856](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13856)

## Names

- en: Plain-backed Sparrow
- de: Gelbbauchsperling
- es: Gorrión Liso
- fr: Moineau flavéole
- pl: Wróbel oliwkowy

## Countries with the most observations

TH (759), VN (80), KH (52), MM (27), MY (19), LA (9)

## Summary

The plain-backed sparrow (Passer flaveolus), also called the Pegu sparrow or olive-backed sparrow, is a sparrow found in Southeast Asia. Its range spans from Myanmar to central Vietnam, and south to the western part of Peninsular Malaysia.

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

## Photo

![Plain-backed Sparrow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plain-backed-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263378486

## Machine access

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