House Sparrow [domesticus]
Passer domesticus [domesticus] (= Passer domesticus domesticus) (Linnaeus, C 1758)
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Passeridae
Genus:
Passer
Scientific:
Passer domesticus domesticus
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 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
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House Sparrow [domesticus]
French:
Moineau domestique [domesticus]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): House Sparrow [domesticus] ( Passer domesticus [domesticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): House Sparrow [domesticus] ( Passer domesticus [domesticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): House Sparrow [nominate] ( Passer domesticus [domesticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): House Sparrow [nominate] ( Passer domesticus [domesticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): House Sparrow [nominate] ( Passer domesticus [domesticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): House Sparrow [nominate] ( Passer domesticus [domesticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): House Sparrow [nominate] ( Passer domesticus [domesticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): House Sparrow [nominate] ( Passer domesticus [domesticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): House Sparrow [nominate] ( Passer domesticus [domesticus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): House Sparrow [nominate] ( Passer domesticus [domesticus]) |
| eBird version 2022: House Sparrow (Gray-cheeked) ( Passer domesticus [domesticus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: House Sparrow (Gray-cheeked) ( Passer domesticus [domesticus Group]) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Passer domesticus
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Danish: Gråspurv
German: Eurasiatischer Sperling
English: House Sparrow (Gray-cheeked), House Sparrow (nominate), House Sparrow [domesticus], House Sparrow [nominate]
Estonian: Koduvarblane
French: Moineau domestique (domesticus), Moineau domestique (nominal), Moineau domestique [domesticus]
Italian: Passero eurasiatico
Scientific: Fringilla domestica, Passer domesticus [domesticus Group], Passer domesticus [domesticus], Passer domesticus domesticus
Polish: wróbel zwyczajny
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