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Passer domesticus

(English Sparrow)

Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Huismossie

Common Names in Albanian:

Harabeli

Common Names in Armenian:

[tnayin Chnchghuk ]

Common Names in Asturian:

Gurrión

Common Names in Basque:

Etxe-Txolarre

Common Names in Breton:

Ar Golvan

Common Names in Catalan:

Gorrió Teulader

Common Names in Catalan (Balears):

Gorrió Teulader

Common Names in Cornish:

Golvan Chy

Common Names in Croatian:

Vrabac

Common Names in Czech:

Vrabec Domácí

Common Names in Danish:

Gråspurv

Common Names in Dutch:

Huismus

Common Names in English:

English Sparrow, House Sparrow, Italian Sparrow, Phillip Sparrow, Town Sparrow

Common Names in Esperanto:

Dompasero

Common Names in Estonian:

Koduvarblane

Common Names in Faroese:

Gráspurvur

Common Names in Finnish:

Varpunen

Common Names in French:

Moineau Cisalpin, Moineau Cisalpin *, Moineau Domestique

Common Names in Frisian:

Mosk

Common Names in Gaelic:

Gealbhag

Common Names in Galician:

Pardal, Pardal Comú

Common Names in German:

Haussperling, Italiensperling

Common Names in Guarani:

Gorrión

Common Names in Haitian Creole Frenc:

Mwano Kay

Common Names in Hebrew:

דרור בית

Common Names in Hindi:

Adaikalang Kuruvi

Common Names in Hungarian:

Házi Veréb

Common Names in Icelandic:

Gráspör

Common Names in Indonesian:

Burung Gereja

Common Names in Irish:

Gealbhan

Common Names in Italian:

Passera D'italia, Passera Europea, Passera Oltremontana

Common Names in Japanese:

イエスズメ, Iesuzume

Common Names in Kwangali:

Enzunge

Common Names in Latin:

Passer domesitcus, Passer domesticus

Common Names in Latvian:

Majas Zvirbulis

Common Names in Lithuanian:

Italinis žvirblis

Common Names in Malay:

Ciak Rumah

Common Names in Maltese:

Ghasfur Tal-Bejt

Common Names in Manx:

Jallyn

Common Names in Northern Sami:

Ránescihci

Common Names in Norwegian:

Gråspurv

Common Names in Polish:

Wróbel

Common Names in Portuguese:

Pardal, Pardal-Comum

Common Names in Portuguese (Brazil):

Pardal

Common Names in Romanian:

Vrabie

Common Names in Romansh:

Pasler Da Chasa

Common Names in Russian:

Domovoy Vorobey, Воробей домовой

Common Names in Sardinian:

Crucculeu

Common Names in Scots:

Gealbhonn

Common Names in Serbian:

Domaci Vrabac

Common Names in Siswant:

Jolwane

Common Names in Slovak:

Vrabec

Common Names in Slovenian:

Domaci Vrabec

Common Names in Sotho, Southern:

Serobele

Common Names in Spanish:

Corbatita, Gorrión Casero, Gorrión Común, Gorrión Italiano, Gorrion Casero, Gorrión Doméstico

Common Names in Spanish (Argentine):

Gorrión

Common Names in Spanish (Costa Rica):

Gorrión Común

Common Names in Spanish (Cuba):

Gorrión

Common Names in Spanish (Dominican R:

Gorrión

Common Names in Spanish (Honduras):

Pinzón Inglés

Common Names in Spanish (Mexico):

Gorrión Casero

Common Names in Spanish (Nicaragua):

Gorrión Común

Common Names in Spanish (Paraguay):

Corbatita

Common Names in Spanish (Uruguay):

Gorrión

Common Names in Swahili:

Shomoro-Kaya

Common Names in Swedish:

GrÃ¥sparv, Gråsparv

Common Names in Tswana:

Tswere

Common Names in Turkish:

Evcil Serçe

Common Names in Valencian:

Pela-Roques

Common Names in Welsh:

Aderyn

Description

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Subfamily Passeridae

A Family of small passerines with plum brown or grey bodies, short tails, and stubby, powerful beaks .

Physical Description

Adult Female: Face : Eyebrow Line : buff Postocular Stripe : dusky Bill: dusky with yellowish base on lower mandible Lower Mandible: dusky with yellowish base Upper Mandible: dusky Body: Underparts: brownish gray Upperparts: buff brown with blackish streaks.Adult Male: Head : Crown: gray Face: Cheeks: gray Lores : black Bill: black Neck: Collar : white half collar Nape: chestnut Body: Back: buff brown with black streaks Bib: black Rump : gray Underparts: pale gray Tail: gray.

Size/Age/Growth

About 5.5 to 6.5 inches long, with a wingspan of 9.5 to 10 inches. Adults weigh about 1 ounce .

Habitat

Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub, arid lowland scrubs, pastures and agricultural lands, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands • Maximum Elevation: 3,000 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower subtropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,765 meters (0 to 9,072 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats : 14.2 Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Biology

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Reproduction

Breeds from mid-February to mid-November.

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

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Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Members of the genus Passer

There are approximately 110 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. ahasver · P. ammodendri (Saxaul Sparrow) · P. ammodendri ammodendri (Saxaul Sparrow) · P. ammodendri korejewi (Saxaul Sparrow) · P. ammodendri nigricans · P. ammodendri stoliczkae (Saxaul Sparrow) · P. ammodendri timidus (Saxaul Sparrow) · P. arctous · P. assimilis · P. castanopterus (Somali Sparrow) · P. castanopterus castanopterus · P. castanopterus fulgens · P. catellatus · P. cinnamomeus · P. diffusus · P. diffusus diffusus · P. diffusus ugandae · P. domesticua · P. domesticus (English Sparrow) · P. domesticus africanus · P. domesticus bactrianus (House Sparrow) · P. domesticus balearoibericus (West Mediterranean House Sparrow) · P. domesticus biblicus (East Mediterranean House Sparrow) · P. domesticus brutius · P. domesticus domesticus (Eurasian Sparrow) · P. domesticus hufufae (House Sparrow) · P. domesticus indicus (Arabian House Sparrow) · P. domesticus italiae · P. domesticus maltae · P. domesticus maroccanus · P. domesticus mayaudi · P. domesticus niloticus (Egyptian House Sparrow) · P. domesticus parkini (House Sparrow) · P. domesticus payni · P. domesticus persicus (House Sparrow) · P. domesticus plecticus · P. domesticus rufidorsalis (House Sparrow) · P. domesticus tingitanus (House Sparrow) · P. eminibey (Chestnut Sparrow) · P. euchlorus (Arabian Golden-Sparrow) · P. flaveolus (Plain-Backed Sparrow) · P. gongonensis (Parrot-Billed Sparrow) · P. griseigularis · P. griseus (Northern Grey-Headed Sparrow) · P. griseus diffusus · P. griseus gongonensis · P. griseus griseus (Northern Grey-Headed Sparrow) · P. griseus laeneni · P. griseus mosambicus · P. griseus suahelicus · P. griseus swainsonii · P. griseus ugandae · P. hispaniolensis (Spanish Sparrow) · P. hispaniolensis hispaniolensis (Spanish Sparrow) · P. hispaniolensis maltae · P. hispaniolensis transcaspicus · P. hispaniolensis x · P. hispanoliensis · P. hostilis · P. iagoensis (Cape Verde Sparrow) · P. iagoensis rufocinctus · P. indicus · P. insularis (Socotra Sparrow) · P. italiae · P. italiae x domesticus · P. lichtensteinii · P. luteus (Sudan Golden Sparrow) · P. marchionessarum · P. melanurus (Cape Sparrow) · P. melanurus damarensis · P. melanurus melanurus (Cape Sparrow) · P. moabiticus (Dead Sea Sparrow) · P. moabiticus moabiticus (Dead Sea Sparrow) · P. moabiticus yatii · P. montanus (Eurasian Tree Sparrow) · P. montanus dilutus · P. montanus dybowskii · P. montanus hepaticus · P. montanus kansuensis · P. montanus malaccensis · P. montanus montanus (Eurasian Tree Sparrow) · P. montanus obscuratus · P. montanus saturatus (Eurasian Sparrow) · P. montanus shansiensis · P. montanus tibetanus · P. montanus transcaucasicus · P. motitensis · P. motitensis insularis · P. motitensis motitensis · P. motitensis rufocinctus · P. motitensis shelleyi · P. occidentalis · P. petronia · P. pyrrhonotus (Sind Jungle Sparrow) · P. rufidorsalis · P. rufocinctus · P. rufocinctus shelleyi · P. rutilans (Cinnamon Sparrow) · P. rutilans cinnamomeus · P. rutilans intensior

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Mean = 382.240 meters (1,254.068 feet), Standard Deviation = 236.800 based on 5,576 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-06-20