Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Old World Sparrows :: House Sparrow

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Italian Sparrow, Indian Sparrow
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Apr 15, 2005 © William Hull  Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Mar 11, 2001 © William Hull  Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Mar 11, 2001 © William Hull  Milford, Clermont County, Ohio, USA - Mar 4, 2005 © William Hull  Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Nov 18, 2001 © William Hull 
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Range

(1) Eruope from the British Isles and Scandinavia e. across n. Russia to nw. and c. Siberia to Yakutia and the Sea of Okhotsk s. to n. Mongolia, nw. China (n. Manchuria in w. and n. Heilungkiang) and s. Siberia e. to w. Amurland.
Introduced to Iceland, Azores, Cape Verde Is., w., s., and e. Africa, c. and e. Australia (c. Northern Territory and sw. South Australia e. in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania), New Zealand, Hawaiian Is., Americas from wc. and se. Canada and the United States s. to Panama, Bermuda, Bahamas, and the Greater Antilles, and w. Colombia and Curacao, and from e. Brazil (Bahia (Chapada Diamantina)) s. to Tierra del Fuego, and Falkland Is.
(2) Se. France, Italy, Crete, Malta, Corsica and nc. Africa.
(3) Nw. Africa (Morocco).
(4) Asia Minor in s. Arabia, Caucasus, Iran and s. Afghanistan.
(5) E. Arabia.
(6) Ne. Africa (Egypt in the Nile River Valley) and Sinai Peninsula.
(7) Sudan (Nile River Valley).
(8) Arabia. Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Burma.
Introduced to coastal e. Africa in Somalia and Kenya, s. Africa, Zanzibar, Comoro and Mascarene Is. and possibly in Nile Valley of Sudan and s. Burma.
(9) N. Iran and Transcaspia.
(10) Sc. Asia (Turkestan) and w. China (Sinkiang).
(11) Himalayas in se. Tibet.

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Jeff Blincows Sound Gallery
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Avisoft
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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