Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.183

Protonym:
  Fringilla domestica

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  3CEFB85747063020

Avibase ID:
  avibase-3CEFB857

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/3CEFB857

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179628

Geographic range:

• Passer domesticus domesticus: Europe east to Mongolia, south central Siberia (mouth of the Amur River), and northeastern China, also locally also east on Sakhalin and the Kamchatka Peninsula. The species, probably mostly this subspecies, also is widely introduced around the world, including in North America, South America, subSaharan Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere, primarily in populated areas
• Passer domesticus balearoibericus: Mediterranean Spain, Balearic Is., France, Balkans to Asia Minor
• Passer domesticus tingitanus: NW Africa (Morocco to Tunisia, Algeria and ne Libya)
• Passer domesticus biblicus: Cyprus and Levant to Turkey, n Saudi Arabia, Iraq and w Iran
• Passer domesticus niloticus: NE Africa (Suez Canal region to n Sudan)
• Passer domesticus persicus: Central Iran to sw Afghanistan and extreme w Pakistan
• Passer domesticus indicus: southern Israel and most of the Arabian Peninsula east to southern Iran, India, Sri Lanka, and southeast Asia east to Laos; also introduced in South Africa
• Passer domesticus parkini: Himalayas (Pakistan to sw Tibet, Nepal and Sikkim)
• Passer domesticus rufidorsalis: Nile Valley of the Sudan
• Passer domesticus hufufae: NE Arabia (south to n Oman)
• Passer domesticus bactrianus: Transcaspia to Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and nw Pakistan
• Passer domesticus hyrcanus: N Iran (south to Elburz Mountains) and adjacent Turkmenistan
• Passer italiae: Italian Peninsula, Corsica, Sicily, and Crete
• Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis: Cape Verde Is., Canary Is., Madeira, s Europe and North Africa
• Passer hispaniolensis transcaspicus: Iran and Transcaspia to e Kazakhstan and Afghanistan
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