The Iago sparrow (Passer iagoensis), also known as the Cape Verde or rufous-backed sparrow, is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is...

species was subsequently designated as the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). The name Passer is the Latin word for "sparrow." The genus contains 28 species:...

from Branco as a separate species Passer brancoensis in 1883, which was recognised as the subspecies Passer iagoensis brancoensis by W. R. P. Bourne, who...

the chestnut sparrow (Passer eminibey), at 11.4 centimetres (4.5 in) and 13.4 grams (0.47 oz), to the parrot-billed sparrow (Passer gongonensis), at 18...

Cape Verde warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis), and the Iago sparrow (Passer iagoensis). The islands are also an important breeding area for seabirds including...

Verde Islands are home to five endemic bird species. The Iago sparrow (Passer iagoensis) and Cape Verde swift (Apus alexandri) are found on most of the islands...

what would in 1837 be described by John Gould as the type specimen of Passer iagoensis, the Cape Verde sparrow or Iago sparrow. Herbert 1991, pp. 164–170...

sparrow, Passer iagoensis Abd al-Kuri sparrow, Passer hemileucus (E) Great rufous sparrow, Passer motitensis (E) Kenya rufous sparrow, Passer rufocinctus...

species in the Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis complex endemic to the island of Abd 'Al Kuri, with the validation of Passer insularis Sclater & Hartlaub...

November 2021. Clancey, P. A. (1964). "On the original description of Passer iagoensis motitensis Smith". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 84...