Yellow-throated petronia

For the Asian species, see Yellow-throated sparrow.
Yellow-throated petronia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder: Passerida
Superfamily: Passeroidea
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Petronia
Species: P. superciliaris
Binomial name
Petronia superciliaris
(Blyth, 1845)
Synonyms[2]

Gymnoris superciliaris

The yellow-throated petronia (Petronia superciliaris), also known as the yellow-throated sparrow,[2] is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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