A Golden Sparrow and a Sea Cow: Getting to Know Sudan’s Wild Neighbours
Photo: Christiaan Kooyman, near Aiterba, Red Sea State, 10 March 2007. Original photograph, CC BY-SA 3.0. Unmodified. A dated wildlife photograph, not evidence of present abundance. Start with the bird in the photograph. Its yellow head and breast are bright enough to interrupt the idea of a uniformly brown landscape. It was photographed in Sudan’s Red Sea State, not borrowed from a safari brochure elsewhere. It is a Sudan golden sparrow, Passer luteus: a small, particular neighbour with a name worth learning. ...