The northern gray-headed sparrow has a pale gray head with a white moustache stripe, pale brown upperparts, whitish underparts and chestnut wings with a small white shoulder patch. Males and females are similar. There are three subspecies which differ in plumage tone, particularly as to the darkness of the head. It appears that I was seeing the ssp. ugandae. Ugandae is darker than the nominate ssp., with a gray-brown head, a well-defined white bib, and a whiter belly.
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| Near Nkima Forest Lodge northwest of Entebbe, Uganda. This does have a darker head than the illustration below. |
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| This, and the next two photos, were taken in Kidepo Valley NP in northern Uganda. These photos were taken on the grass outside the Apoka Ranger Station. |
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| Illustration from Birds of the World. |
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| Range map from Birds of the World. |
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