| Yellow-spotted petronia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Infraorder: | Passerida |
| Superfamily: | Passeroidea |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Petronia |
| Species: | P. pyrgita |
| Binomial name | |
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Petronia pyrgita (Heuglin, 1862) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Gymnoris pyrgita |
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Gymnoris pyrgita
The yellow-spotted petronia (Petronia pyrgita) is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae.
The bird is also named Yellow-spotted Bush-sparrow (Gymnoris pyrgita).
It is common throughout the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.