House Sparrow / Passer domesticus LC
- Synonyms Italian Sparrow, English Sparrow, Phillip Sparrow
- Old latin name for bird Passer domesitcus, Fringilla domestica, Passer domesticua
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- Breeding region Africa, Eurasia, Oriental Region
- Breeding subregion mainly subarctic to subtropical Palearctic and Oriental region in anthropogenic habitats: Faroe and British Isles, 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
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| 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 | pardal comú, Gorrió teulader, Pela-roques |
| 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, naminis žvirblis, Italinis žvirblis |
| Luxembourgish | Hausspatz , Karmësch |
| Macedonian | домашно врапче, Домашно (Градско) врапче, Врабец |
| Malay | Ciak Rumah, Burung Ciak Pasar |
| Malayalam | അങ്ങാടിക്കുരുവി |
| Maltese | għasafar tal-bejt, Għasfur tal-bejt |
| Manx | Jallyn, Sparroo |
| Marathi | चिमणी |
| Mongolian | гэрийн бялзуухай, Оронгийн боршувуу, хятруу шувуу, бялзуухай, хятруу, болжмор, орны бор шувуу, Оронгийн бор шувуу |
| Nepali | घर भ“गेरा |
| Northern Sami | šilljocihci, Ránescihci |
| Norwegian | Huskall, gråspurv, Husspurv, Spurv |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Gråsporv |
| Persian | گنجشک خانگی |
| Polish | wróbel, wróbel (wróbel domowy), wróbel (zwyczajny), Wróbel domowy, Wróbel zwyczajny |
| Portuguese | pardal, pardal-doméstico, Pardal-dos-tenhados, Pardal-comum, Pardal(-comum), Pardal-dos-telhados, Pardal-domestico, pardal comum, pardal-comum |
| Romanian | Vrabie de casă, Vrabie |
| Romansh | pasler da chasa |
| Russian | Воробей домовой, Домовый воробей, Domovoy Vorobey, Домовой воробей, Воробей домовый |
| Sardinian | Gruccůcciu, Furfurinu, Crucculeu |
| Serbian | vrabac pokucarac, Врабац покућар, domaci vrabac, Vrabac pokucar, Vrabac pokućar, domaći vrabac |
| Slovak | vrabec domový, Vrabec |
| Slovenian | domači vrabec, domaci vrabec |
| Spanish | Gorrión moruno, Copetón Europeo, Gorrión Doméstico, Gorrión, Gorrión Inglés, Gorrion Comun, Gorrión Casero, Gorrión Italiano, Pinzón inglés, Estornino rosado, Gorrión Domestico, Corbatita, Gorrión común |
| Swahili | Shomoro-kaya |
| Swedish | gråsparv |
| Tajik | гунҷишки оддӣ, гунҷишк, гунҷишки хонагӣ, чумчуқ |
| Tamil | வீட்டுச் சிட்டுக்குருவி |
| Tatar | йорт чыпчыгы , карт чыпчык |
| Thai | นกกระจอกใหญ่ |
| Tswana | Tswere |
| Turkish | Evcil Serçe, Үй торғайы, Serçe |
| Ukrainian | Горобець, Хатній горобець, горобець хатній, Горобець хатній |
| Uzbek | уй чумчуғи |
| Vietnamese | Sẻ nhà |
| Welsh | Sbrocsyn, Aderyn, Aderyn y to, Aderyn y tô, Strew, Golfan, Llwyd y tô |


































