Parrot-billed sparrow

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| image=Passer gongonensis Amboseli 1.jpg

| image_caption=In Amboseli National Park, Kenya

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Passer gongonensis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22718243A94573412 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718243A94573412.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Passer gongonensis

| authority = (Oustalet, 1890)

}}

The parrot-billed sparrow (Passer gongonensis) is found in the arid lowlands of eastern Africa. At {{convert|18|cm|in}} and {{convert|42|g|oz}}, it is the largest of the sparrows of the family Passeridae. It is often considered a subspecies of the grey-headed sparrow.