Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.183

Protonym:
  Fringilla domestica

Type locality:
  Sweden.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/202/mode/1up

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 eastward to Mongolia, south-central Siberia (mouth of the Amur River), and northeastern China, also locally also eastward in Sakhalin and Kamchatka; the species, probably mostly this subspecies, also is widely introduced around the world, including in sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, and elsewhere, primarily in populated areas
• Passer domesticus balearoibericus: Mediterranean Spain, Balearic Islands, France, and Balkans to Türkiye
• Passer domesticus tingitanus: northwestern Africa (Morocco to Tunisia, Algeria, and northeastern Libya)
• Passer domesticus biblicus: Cyprus and Levant to Türkiye, northern Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and western Iran
• Passer domesticus niloticus: northeastern Africa (Suez Canal region to northern Sudan)
• Passer domesticus persicus: central Iran to southwestern Afghanistan and far western Pakistan
• Passer domesticus indicus: southern Israel and most of the Arabian Peninsula eastward to southern Iran, India, Sri Lanka, and southeastern Asia eastward to Laos; also introduced in South Africa
• Passer domesticus parkini: Himalayas (Pakistan to southwestern Tibet, Nepal, and Sikkim)
• Passer domesticus rufidorsalis: Nile Valley of the Sudan
• Passer domesticus hufufae: northeastern Arabia (southward to northern Oman)
• Passer domesticus bactrianus: Transcaspia to Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, and northwestern Pakistan
• Passer domesticus hyrcanus: northern Iran (southward to Elburz Mountains) and adjacent Turkmenistan
• Passer italiae: Italian Peninsula, Corsica, Sicily, and Crete
• Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis: Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, Madeira, southern Europe, and North Africa
• Passer hispaniolensis transcaspicus: Iran and Transcaspia to eastern Kazakhstan and Afghanistan
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