Passeriformes
Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
HBW 14, p. 760
- Small passerines with thick, pointed, conical bill, broad and mostly blunt wings, and relatively short tail; plumage various combinations of brown, chestnut, grey and white, most with some black areas, some also with yellow.
- Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental Regions.
- Open country, villages and urban areas.
- 6 genera, 40 species, 101 taxa.
- No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
- 40
List of species:
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- 2 2 8 1 Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri)
- 316 8 186 122 8 2 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- 9 1 3 5 8 3 Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae)
- 43 1 22 20 8 4 Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
- 6 1 5 8 5 Sind Sparrow (Passer pyrrhonotus)
- 1 1 8 6 Somali Sparrow (Passer castanopterus)
- 23 12 11 8 7 Russet Sparrow (Passer rutilans)
- 10 2 8 8 8 Pegu Sparrow (Passer flaveolus)
- 6 5 1 8 9 Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus)
- 8 1 5 2 8 10 Cape Verde Sparrow (Passer iagoensis)
- 0 8 11 Kordofan Rufous Sparrow (Passer cordofanicus)
- 4 2 2 8 12 White Nile Rufous Sparrow (Passer shelleyi)
- 2 2 8 13 Socotra Sparrow (Passer insularis)
- 3 1 2 8 14 Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus)
- 5 1 3 1 8 15 Southern Rufous Sparrow (Passer motitensis)
- 25 1 20 4 8 16 Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)
- 25 8 17 8 17 Common Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
- 20 6 14 8 18 Swainson's Sparrow (Passer swainsonii)
- 5 1 4 8 19 Parrot-billed Sparrow (Passer gongonensis)
- 1 1 8 20 Swahili Sparrow (Passer suahelicus)
- 7 1 4 2 8 21 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus)
- 21 8 13 8 22 Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex)
- 130 3 48 79 8 23 Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- 5 5 8 24 Sudan Golden Sparrow (Passer luteus)
- 1 1 8 25 Arabian Golden Sparrow (Passer euchlorus)
- 3 1 2 8 26 Chestnut Sparrow (Passer eminibey)
- 7 1 5 1 8 27 Pale Rock-sparrow (Carpospiza brachydactyla)
- 7 3 4 8 28 Yellow-spotted Bush-sparrow (Gymnoris pyrgita)
- 23 3 10 10 8 29 Chestnut-shouldered Bush-sparrow (Gymnoris xanthocollis)
- 7 5 2 8 30 Yellow-throated Bush-sparrow (Gymnoris superciliaris)
- 14 1 5 8 8 31 Russet-browed Bush-sparrow (Gymnoris dentata)
- 43 2 13 28 8 32 Common Rock-sparrow (Petronia petronia)
- 16 6 10 8 33 White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)
- 2 2 8 34 Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi)
- 1 1 8 35 Tibetan Snowfinch (Montifringilla henrici)
- 1 1 8 36 White-rumped Ground-sparrow (Pyrgilauda taczanowskii)
- 2 2 8 37 Small Ground-sparrow (Pyrgilauda davidiana)
- 3 1 2 8 38 Rufous-necked Ground-sparrow (Pyrgilauda ruficollis)
- 5 5 8 39 Blanford's Ground-sparrow (Pyrgilauda blanfordi)
- 1 1 8 40 Afghan Ground-sparrow (Pyrgilauda theresae)
Family statistics
6 genera, 40 species
| 810 files covering | |
|---|---|
| 6 genera | (100%) |
| 38 species | (95%) |

