Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus) - HBW 14, p. 796
French: Moineau de la mer Morte
German: Moabsperling
Spanish: Gorrión del Mar Muerto
Other common names: Scrub Sparrow; Afghan Scrub Sparrow, Yates's Sparrow (yatii)
Taxonomy: Passer moabiticus Tristram, 1864, Israel and Jordan.
Probably evolved from an early sparrow population that was trapped in an ice-free area in Tigris-Euphrates Valley during last glaciation of Pleistocene (25,000-15,000 years ago). E race yatii sometimes considered to be a separate species, primarily on grounds of its morphology and geographical separation. Birds in S Turkey, N Syria, Iraq and SW Iran sometimes treated as additional race, mesopotamicus (described from SW Iran), but character details appear indistinguishable from those of nominate and published mensural data overlap with those of latter. Two subspecies currently re.. View all taxonomy...
Probably evolved from an early sparrow population that was trapped in an ice-free area in Tigris-Euphrates Valley during last glaciation of Pleistocene (25,000-15,000 years ago). E race yatii sometimes considered to be a separate species, primarily on grounds of its morphology and geographical separation. Birds in S Turkey, N Syria, Iraq and SW Iran sometimes treated as additional race, mesopotamicus (described from SW Iran), but character details appear indistinguishable from those of nominate and published mensural data overlap with those of latter. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- moabiticus Tristram, 1864 - S Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, W Jordan, N Syria and C Iraq E to SW Iran.
- yatii Sharpe, 1888 - Seistan region, on borders of E Iran and SW Afghanistan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An incubating bird leaves the nest. Locality Birecik, Turkey (ssp moabiticus )
Yoel Jimenez 30 May 2004 3 years ago 20 sec 1.6
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on reed
Locality Tirat Tzvi, Beit She'an Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 22 November 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
Male singing in the morning
Locality Birecik, Turkey (ssp moabiticus)
Henrik Bringsøe 16 May 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
male on reeds
Locality Beit She'an Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 20 December 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Male perched in reeds.
Locality Birecik, Turkey (ssp moabiticus)
Henrik Bringsøe 17 May 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
A pair of adults in the hand.
Locality International Birding and Research Center, Eilat, Israel (ssp moabiticus)
Iva Hristova 2 April 2007 3 years ago 3
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