Spanish Sparrow
Passer hispaniolensis - Moineau espagnol
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Passéridés
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Genus:
Passer
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Species:
hispaniolensis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 16 cm
- Wingspan: 23 à 26 cm.
- Weight: 24 à 32 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) is a species of bird in the Passeridae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis (Iberian Pen. to w Turkey, e Atlantic islands, nw Africa)
- Passer hispaniolensis transcaspicus (Middle East to s Kazakhstan, w China and Afghanistan)
Foreign names
- Moineau espagnol,
- Gorrión moruno,
- pardal-espanhol,
- Weidensperling,
- berki veréb,
- Spaanse Mus,
- Passera sarda,
- spansk sparv,
- Middelhavsspurv,
- vrabec obojkový,
- vrabec pokřovní,
- Spansk Spurv,
- pensasvarpunen,
- pardal de passa,
- Spánarspör,
- wróbel śródziemnomorski,
- melnkrūšu zvirbulis, Spānijas zvirbulis,
- travniški vrabec,
- Черногрудый воробей,
- スペインスズメ,
- 黑胸麻雀,
- 黑胸麻雀,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas
Sources of information
- A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, Krys Kazmierczak, Ber Van Perlo
- Atlas des oiseaux nicheurs de Midi Pyrénées, Sylvain Frémaux et Jean Ramière
- Handbook of the birds of the world Vol.14, josep del Hoyo
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- HBW Alive,
- Wikipedia (English version),
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
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- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
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- Struthioniformes
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- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes