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House sparrow

Passer domesticus · Passeridae

House sparrow
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0

The house sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. 39 oz). Females and young birds are coloured pale brown and grey, and males have brighter black, white, and brown markings.

Where the House sparrow lives

Recorded in Spain, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, India, Portugal, Sweden and Norway (North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia).

Introduced, not native, in United States of America, Canada and Ashmore and Cartier Is..

Most records fall in Rheinland-Pfalz, Rogaland, Hordaland, Hessen, Oslo and Baden-Württemberg.

See the House sparrow’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 25,885,651 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.