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:
  C71FD14533F01FF2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C71FD145

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C71FD145

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179629

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
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