House Sparrow

Passer domesticus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Native

Order: PASSERIFORMES
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer

Commonness: Very common
Best seen: Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The house sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. It is a small bird that has a typical length of 16 cm (6.3 in) and a mass of 24–39.5 g (0.85–1.39 oz). Females and young birds are coloured pale brown and grey, and males have brighter black, white, and brown markings. One of about 25 species in the genus Passer, the house sparrow is native to most of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, and a large part of Asia. Its intentional or accidental introductions to many regions, including parts of Australasia, Africa, and the Americas, make it the most widely distributed wild bird.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range: PAL, OR, AF : mainly subarctic to subtropical Palearctic and Oriental region in anthropogenic habitats: Faroe and British Isles, north Scandinavia east through subarctic Russia to Kamchatka; in south through Iberian Pen., north Africa including Nile Valley, north Eritrea, Arabian Pen., India and Sri Lanka, through north and central south-east Asia; introduced nearly worldwide
Non-breeding range: Some short-range dispersal

03 · When