Passer domesticus

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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Common Names

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Description

Family Passeridae

A Family of small passerines with plum brown or grey bodies, short tails, and stubby, powerful beaks.

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub, arid lowland scrubs, pastures and agricultural lands, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands • Maximum Elevation: 3,000 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower subtropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,765 meters (0 to 9,072 feet).Mean = 382.240 meters (1,254.068 feet), Standard Deviation = 236.800 based on 5,576 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Ecology:
List of Habitats :14.2Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland 14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Biology

Reproduction

Breeds from mid-February to mid-November.

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) 1758
2. Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Members of the genus Passer

There are approximately 93 species in this genus:

P. ahasver · P. ammodendri · P. ammodendri ammodendri · P. ammodendri stoliczkae · P. arctous · P. assimilis · P. castanopterus · P. castanopterus fulgens · P. catellatus · P. cinnamomeus · P. diffusus · P. diffusus diffusus · P. domesticus (English Sparrow) · P. domesticus balearoibericus · P. domesticus biblicus · P. domesticus domesticus (House Sparrow) · P. domesticus hufufae · P. domesticus indicus · P. domesticus italiae · P. domesticus mayaudi · P. domesticus niloticus · P. domesticus parkini · P. domesticus persicus · P. domesticus rufidorsalis · P. domesticus ssp · P. domesticus tingitanus · P. domesticus x · P. eminibey · P. euchlorus · P. flaveolus · P. gongonensis · P. griseigularis · P. griseus · P. griseus diffusus · P. griseus gongonensis · P. griseus griseus · P. griseus laeneni · P. griseus suahelicus · P. griseus swainsonii · P. griseus ugandae · P. hispaniolensis · P. hispaniolensis hispaniolensis · P. hispaniolensis transcaspicus · P. hispaniolensis x · P. hispanoliensis · P. hostilis · P. iagoensis · P. iagoensis rufocinctus · P. indicus · P. insularis · P. italiae · P. italiae x domesticus · P. italiae x x domesticus · P. lichtensteinii · P. luteus · P. melanurus · P. melanurus damarensis · P. melanurus melanurus · P. moabiticus · P. moabiticus moabiticus · P. moabiticus yatii · P. montanus (Eurasian Sparrow) · P. montanus dilutus · P. montanus dybowskii · P. montanus kansuensis · P. montanus malaccensis · P. montanus montanus (Eurasian Sparrow) · P. montanus obscuratus · P. montanus saturatus (Eurasian Sparrow) · P. montanus shansiensis · P. montanus tibetanus · P. montanus transcaucasicus · P. motitensis · P. motitensis insularis · P. motitensis motitensis · P. motitensis rufocinctus · P. occidentalis · P. petronia · P. pyrrhonotus · P. rufidorsalis · P. rufocinctus · P. rufocinctus shelleyi · P. rutilans · P. rutilans cinnamomeus · P. rutilans intensior · P. rutilans rutilans · P. shelleyi · P. simplex · P. simplex saharae · P. simplex simplex · P. suahelicus · P. swainsoni · P. swainsonii

Bibliography

• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
• Amadon, D., Blake, E., Greenway Jr, J., Mayr, E., Moreau, R. and Vaurie, C. (1962): Check-List of the Birds of the World. Volume 15. A Continuation of the Work of James L. Peters. - In: Check-List of the Birds of the World (Mayr E. and Greenway Jr, J. ed.), ser. Vol. 15, Museum of Comparative Zoology, pp. [315]
• Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 30 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 20, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Royal British Columbia Museum
• New Brunswick Museum, NBM birds
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
• The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Bioblitz
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3849643
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179629
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13839800
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179628
• IUCN ID: 53069
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 407267

Footnotes

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