Southern Grey-headed Sparrow

Description:

This is a common sparrow of Southern Africa, very much alike its northern counterpart, Passer griseus. About 15 cm in length, with pale-grey to grey body, black bill and chestnut mantle and wing covers.

Habitat:

Common resident of Southern Africa, seen often in and around small towns and other human settlements in dry areas. This spotting is the compilation of three different ones - all from Kunene region, northwest of Namibia, and all observed in similar environment: rural areas, dry and rocky terrains, open acacia woodlands. The Kunene region in general is arid open acacia tree-and-shrub, very dry (but still magnificent and rich in wildlife) at the moment, following a three-year dry-spell.

Notes:

To compare the two species, here is one my previous spottings of Northern grey-headed sparrow, from Nigeria: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/34.... And, I didn't even realise, until this very moment, that I managed an weird autoportrait on the pic N° 5...