Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)

Other Names (World)
Spanish Sparrow, Willow Sparrow

Family
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

Size
14.50 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1820)

Habitat
Temperate shrubland. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, urban areas, rural gardens, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B), Albania (B), Algeria, Azerbaijan (B) (NB), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (NB), Cape Verde, China (mainland) (B), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B) (NB), Cyprus (B) (NB), Egypt, Gibraltar (NB), Greece (B) (NB) (P), India (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (NB), Israel (B), Italy (B) (NB), Jordan (B) (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Lebanon (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Malta (B) (NB), Moldova [Republic of] (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Oman, Pakistan (NB), Palestinian Authority Territories (B) (NB), Portugal (B), Romania (B), Russia (European) (B), Saudi Arabia (B), Serbia (B), Spain (B) (NB), Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tajikistan (B), Tunisia, Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), United Arab Emirates (B), Uzbekistan (B), Western Sahara (B).

Vagrant to Bahrain, Belgium, France, Nepal, Norway, Qatar, Slovenia, United Kingdom.

Unknown to Liechtenstein (NB), Switzerland (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 15,000,000 - 70,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (159)...)

Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) [XC894654]
by Andr\u00e1s Schmidt from Dahab, Dahab, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt (call)

Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) [XC309786]
by Cedric Mroczko from Ksar Ghilane Oasis, Douz, K\u00e9bili, Tunisia (alarm call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and Passer italiae. All three sometimes considered conspecific.

Hybridizes extensively with House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), and in southern Italy with Passer italiae. Hybrids with Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) have also been reported.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820) - Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Greece and Balkans, western Asia Minor, eastern Atlantic islands (Madeira, Canary Is and Cape Verde Is) and north-western Africa (Morocco east to north-eastern Libya).
transcaspicus Tschusi, 1902 - Cyprus, eastern Turkey and Levant east to Iran, Afghanistan, southern Kazakhstan and north-western China (western Xinjiang). Non-breeding also north-western Indian Subcontinent.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) - 10 files

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