Some authors considered this species to be the same as the Iago Sparrow, and some recognise only some of the rufous sparrows as separate from the Great Sparrow, but the Handbook of the Birds of the World recognises the Socotra Sparrow, Kenya Sparrow, Kordofan Sparrow, and Shelley's Sparrow.
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The album Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun (2006) by US-American Post-Rock band Red Sparowes tells, by way of its song titles, the story of the Great Sparrow Campaign.