House sparrow
SpeciesBirds
A small Passeridae bird closely associated with human habitation.
2.50Epic
Epic
House sparrow
- Birds
The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a small bird in the sparrow family Passeridae. Native to much of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, and Asia, it has also been introduced to parts of Australasia, Africa, and the Americas. It lives in urban and rural settings, feeds on seeds and invertebrates, and is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List, although numbers have declined in some areas.
- Scientific name
- Passer domesticus
- Typical length
- 16 cm (6.3 in)
- Conservation status
- Least concern
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- House sparrow (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q14683
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Rhododendrites. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsRhododendrites, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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