House Sparrow / Passer domesticus
House Sparrow bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Italian Sparrow, English Sparrow, Phillip Sparrow |
Old latin name for bird | Fringilla domestica, Passer domesticua, Passer domesitcus |
Order | Perching birds / Passeriformes |
Family | Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches / Passeridae |
Genus | Passer |
Breeding region | Africa, Eurasia, Oriental Region |
Breeding subregion | mainly subarctic to subtropical Palearctic and Oriental region in anthropogenic habitats; Faroe and British Is., n Scandinavia e through subarctic Russia to Kamchatka; in s through Iberian Pen., n Africa including Nile Valley, n Eritrea, Arabian Pen., India and Sri Lanka, through n, c se Asia; introduced nearly worldwide |
Non breeding region | some short-range dispersal |
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Where to see House Sparrow
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norfolk Island
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Réunion
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Åland Islands
House Sparrow subspecies (12)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Passer domesticus bactrianus | w Turkmenistan and ne Iran to w China and nw Pakistan | - | No |
Passer domesticus balearoibericus | s Europe (except Italy) to c Turkey | - | No |
Passer domesticus biblicus | Cyprus, n Israel and nw Jordan to w Syria and se Turkey to nw Iran | - | No |
Passer domesticus domesticus | w, n Europe through n Asia to ne Siberia and n Japan, introduced in the Americas, South Africa and Australia | - | No |
Passer domesticus hufufae | ne Arabia | - | No |
Passer domesticus hyrcanus | se Azerbaijan and n Iran | - | No |
Passer domesticus indicus | s Israel and s Palestine through Arabia and e to India and c se Asia | - | No |
Passer domesticus niloticus | Egypt | - | No |
Passer domesticus parkini | nw, c Himalayas | - | No |
Passer domesticus persicus | c Iran to w, s Afghanistan | - | No |
Passer domesticus rufidorsalis | Sudan and Eritrea | - | No |
Passer domesticus tingitanus | nw Africa | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Abkhazian | аҚалақь Лаҳәарүыс , аЛаҳәарүар, аЛаҳәарүыс, аЛаҳәарүарақәа |
Afrikaans | Huismossie |
Albanian | Harabeli |
Arabic | البلدي دوري, العصفور الدوري, الدوري البلدي, دوري منزلي |
Armenian | [Tnayin Chnchghuk ], Տնային Ճնճղուկ |
Azerbaijani | Dam sərçəsi, Dan sərçəsi |
Bashkir | сыпсыҡ, өй сыпсығы, йорт турғайы, буҙ турғай, ауыл турғайы, хәрәм турғай, өй турғайы |
Basque | Etxe-txolarre, Etxe-txolarrea, Pardal comú |
Belarusian | Верабей дамавы, Дамавы верабей |
Bengali | পাতি চড়ুই |
Breton | Ar golvan, Golvan-tiez |
Bulgarian | Домашно врабче + Италианско врабче, Домашно врабче |
Catalan | Pela-roques, Gorrió teulader, pardal comú |
Chinese | 家麻雀, [jia ma-que] |
Chinese (Traditional) | 家麻雀 |
Chuvash | ял çерçийĕ, Салакайăк, Çĕрçи, сала-кайăк, кил-çурт çерçийĕ |
Cornish | Golvan chy |
Croatian | vrabac, Vrabac pokućar |
Czech | vrabec domácí |
Danish | Gråspurv |
Dutch | Huismus, Italiaanse Mus |
Esperanto | dompasero |
Estonian | koduvarblane |
Faroese | gráspurvur |
Finnish | varpunen |
French | Moineau cisalpin, Moineau domestique |
Frisian | Mosk |
Galician | Pardal común, Pardal comú , Pardal |
Georgian | სახლის ბეღურა |
German | Haussperling , Italiensperling, Haussperling |
Greek | Σπιτοσπoυργίτης, Στρούθος, Σπιτοσπουργίτης, Σπουργίτης |
Guarani | Gorrión, Guyra tupao |
Hebrew | דרור בית, דרור הבית |
Hindi | Adaikalang kuruvi, Ur kuruvi |
Hungarian | házi veréb |
Icelandic | Gráspör |
Indonesian | Burunggereja Rumah, Burung gereja, Burung-gereja Rumah |
Irish | Gealbhan, Gealbhan Binne |
Italian | Passera oltremontana, Passera d'Italia, Passero eurpeo, Passera Europea, Passero domestico |
Japanese | イエスズメ |
Kazakh | Үй торғайы, торғай |
Korean | 집참새 |
Latvian | mājas zvirbulis |
Lithuanian | Žvirblis, Italinis žvirblis, naminis žvirblis |
Luxembourgish | Hausspatz , Karmësch |
Macedonian | домашно врапче, Врабец, Домашно (Градско) врапче |
Malay | Ciak Rumah, Burung Ciak Pasar |
Malayalam | അങ്ങാടിക്കുരുവി |
Maltese | għasafar tal-bejt, Għasfur tal-bejt |
Manx | Sparroo, Jallyn |
Marathi | चिमणी |
Mongolian | бялзуухай, Оронгийн бор шувуу, болжмор, орны бор шувуу, Оронгийн боршувуу, гэрийн бялзуухай, хятруу шувуу, хятруу |
Nepali | घर भ“गेरा |
Northern Sami | Ránescihci, šilljocihci |
Norwegian | Gråspurv, Spurv, Huskall, Husspurv, gråspurv |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Gråsporv |
Persian | گنجشک خانگی |
Polish | wróbel (wróbel domowy), Wróbel domowy, Wróbel zwyczajny, wróbel, wróbel (zwyczajny) |
Portuguese | pardal comum, pardal-comum, pardal-de-telhado, pardal, pardal-doméstico, Pardal-dos-tenhados, Pardal-comum, Pardal(-comum), Pardal-dos-telhados, Pardal-domestico |
Romanian | Vrabie de casă, Vrabie |
Romansh | pasler da chasa |
Russian | Домовый воробей, Domovoy Vorobey, Домовой воробей, Воробей домовый, Воробей домовой |
Sardinian | Furfurinu, Crucculeu, Gruccůcciu |
Serbian | Vrabac pokućar, vrabac pokucarac, domaci vrabac, domaći vrabac, Vrabac pokucar, Врабац покућар |
Slovak | Vrabec, vrabec domový |
Slovenian | domaci vrabec, domači vrabec |
Spanish | Gorrión Casero, Gorrión moruno, Corbatita, Gorrión Domestico, Estornino rosado, Pinzón inglés, Gorrión Italiano, Gorrion Comun, Gorrión Inglés, Gorrión, Gorrión Doméstico, Copetón Europeo, Gorrión común |
Swahili | Shomoro-kaya |
Swedish | gråsparv |
Tajik | гунҷишк, гунҷишки оддӣ, чумчуқ, гунҷишки хонагӣ |
Tamil | வீட்டுச் சிட்டுக்குருவி |
Tatar | карт чыпчык, йорт чыпчыгы |
Thai | นกกระจอกใหญ่ |
Tswana | Tswere |
Turkish | Evcil Serçe, Serçe, Үй торғайы |
Ukrainian | Горобець хатній , горобець хатній, Хатній горобець, Горобець |
Uzbek | уй чумчуғи |
Vietnamese | Sẻ nhà |
Welsh | Llwyd y tô, Golfan, Aderyn y tô, Sbrocsyn, Strew, Aderyn y to, Aderyn |