Dead Sea Sparrow

Passer moabiticus - Moineau de la mer Morte

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Passéridés

  • Genus
    :

    Passer

  • Species
    :

    moabiticus

Descriptor

Tristram, 1864

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 12 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 14 à 20 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Moineau de la mer Morte
♂ adult
Moineau de la mer Morte
♂ adult plum. breeding

Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus) is a species of bird in the Passeridae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Passer moabiticus moabiticus (s Turkey, n Syria, Israel and Jordan to Iraq and sw Iran)
  • Passer moabiticus yatii (se Iran and sw Afghanistan)

Foreign names

  • Moineau de la mer Morte,
  • Gorrión del Mar Muerto,
  • pardal-do-levante,
  • Moabsperling,
  • tamariszkuszveréb,
  • Moabmus,
  • Passero del Mar Morto,
  • tamarisksparv,
  • Tamariskspurv,
  • vrabec tamariškový,
  • vrabec moabský,
  • Dødehavs-spurv,
  • tamariskivarpunen,
  • pardal del mar Mort,
  • Þyrnispör,
  • wróbel palestyński,
  • krūmāju zvirbulis,
  • palestinski vrabec,
  • Мессопотамский воробей,
  • ペルシアスズメ,
  • 死海麻雀,
  • 死海麻雀,

Voice song and cries

Moineau de la mer Morte
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Moineau de la mer Morte
♂ adult

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 06-05-2014
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