Passer

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Superfamilia: Passeroidea • Familia: Passeridae • Genus: Passer Brisson, 1760

 Vernacular names

English: sparrows · Dansk: spurve · Español: gorriones · 日本語: スズメ属 · Português: pardal ·

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Passer

Included species (for IOC classification 2.7):

P. ammodendri, P. castanopterus, P. cordofanicus, P. diffusus, P. domesticus, P. eminibey, P. euchlorus, P. flaveolus, P. gongonensis, P. griseus, P. hemileucus, P. hispaniolensis, P. iagoensis, P. insularis, P. luteus, P. melanurus, P. moabiticus, P. montanus, P. motitensis, P. pyrrhonotus, P. rufocinctus, P. rutilans, P. shelleyi, P. simplex, P. suahelicus, P. swainsonii

• IOC link: Passer in order Passeriformes

• ITIS link: Passer Brisson, 1760

• IUCN link: Passer threatened species

Passer ammodendri (cat.)

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  Passer ammodendri stoliczae, male in breeding plumage

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  Passer ammodendri ammodendri, male in breeding plumage

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Passer castanopterus (cat.)

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Passer cordofanicus (cat.)

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Passer diffusus (cat.)

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Passer domesticus (cat.)

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  male

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  Passer domesticus italiae, male

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  female

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  male

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  juvenile

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Passer eminibey (cat.)

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  male

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  male

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  male

Passer euchlorus (cat.)

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Passer flaveolus (cat.)

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Passer gongonensis (cat.)

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Passer griseus (cat.)

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Passer hemileucus (cat.)

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  female above, male below

Passer hispaniolensis (cat.)

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  male

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  female

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  female

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  nesting in a swallow's nest

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Passer iagoensis (cat.)

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  male

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  female

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Passer insularis (cat.)

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Passer luteus (cat.)

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  male

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  male

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  male, female

Passer melanurus (cat.)

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  male

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  male

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  male

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  female

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  female

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  female or immature

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  male feeding chick

Passer moabiticus (cat.)

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  male

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  male

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  female

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  pair

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  Passer moabiticus yattii

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  juvenile

Passer montanus (cat.)

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Passer motitensis (cat.)

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  male

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  male

Passer pyrrhonotus (cat.)

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  male

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  male above, femal below

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  male

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Passer rufocinctus (cat.)

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Passer rutilans (cat.)

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  male

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  male

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  male

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  female

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Passer shelleyi (cat.)

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Passer simplex (cat.)

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Passer suahelicus (cat.)

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Passer swainsonii (cat.)

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More than one species

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  Passer castanopterus, Passer shelleyi

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  From left to right: male Passer euchlorus, male Passer luteus, male Passer eminibey

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  Passer hispaniolensis, Passer italiae

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  Light green indicates Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) breeding range while light blue indicates wintering zone. Purple indicates the Italian sparrow (Passer domesticus italiae) and the dark patch in southern Italy and the dark green patch in northern Africa are zones where hybrids occur.

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  Passer euchlorus (cat.), Petronia superciliaris (cat.)