House sparrow
Passer domesticus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Passer domesticus
- Class
- Bird
- Order
- Passerine
- Family
- Old World sparrow
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Size
- Tiny (under 10 cm)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- Habitat
- Towns and farms, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- House sparrows were released in New York in 1851 and went on to spread across most of North America.
- House sparrows clean their feathers by bathing in dust as well as in water.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q14683 · All animals · All entries