Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Native

Order: PASSERIFORMES
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer

Commonness: Very common
Best seen: Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The tree sparrow is a passerine bird in the sparrow family with a rich chestnut crown and nape and a black patch on each pure white cheek. The sexes have similar plumage, and young birds are duller versions of the adult. This sparrow breeds across much of temperate Eurasia and Southeast Asia and has been introduced elsewhere, including the United States, where it is known as the Eurasian tree sparrow or German sparrow to differentiate it from the native American tree sparrow. Although several subspecies are recognised, the appearance of this bird varies little across its extensive range.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range: PAL, OR : subarctic to tropics of Palearctic and Oriental regions in farms, parks, cities: British Isles, south Scandinavia, south-east Murmansk east to south Chukotka, Kamchatka, and Commander Is. (north-west to north-east Russia), in south to Iberian Pen., Gran Canaria (central Canary Is., Macaronesia, west of north Africa), Mediterranean is. through Turkey, north Iran, south-central Pakistan, Tibet, central and east Himalayas through south-east Asia, east Asian is. from Kuril Is., all Japan, Taiwan, all Philippines and Indonesian Arch.; introduced many other places
Non-breeding range: Short-distance wandering

03 · When