Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) - HBW 14
Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
French: Moineau espagnol
German: Weidensperling
Spanish: Gorrión Moruno
Other common names: Willow Sparrow
Taxonomy: Fringilla hispaniolensis Temminck, 1820, Algeciras, southern Spain.
Forms a superspecies with P. domesticus and P. italiae, and the three sometimes considered conspecific. Hybridizes extensively with former, and in S Italy with latter; hybrids with P. montanus also reported. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hispaniolensis ( Temminck, 1820) - Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Greece and Balkans, W Asia Minor, E Atlantic islands (Madeira, Canary Is and Cape Verde Is) and NW Africa (Morocco E to NE Libya).
- transcaspicus Tschusi, 1902 - Cyprus, E Turkey and Levant E to Iran, Afghanistan, S Kazakhstan and NW China (W Xinjiang); non-breeding also NW Indian Subcontinent.
- Least Concern
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Different details of a male hybrid Spanish Sparrow x House Sparrow in hand Carmona, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
Alex García 26 April 2007 1 year ago 40 sec 4.4 -
A comparison with a House Sparrow in hand Carmona, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain (ssp hispaniolensis)
Alex García 26 April 2007 1 year ago 14 sec 4.1 -
A female feeding at the nest. Dulce River, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Javier Ortas 8 July 2006 1 year ago 30 sec 4 -
A detail of the body and head of a male in hand Carmona, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain (ssp hispaniolensis)
Alex García 26 April 2007 1 year ago 19 sec 3.8 -
A male on a stone and calling Sierra de San Pedro, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (ssp hispaniolensis)
Juan Sanabria 31 March 2007 2 years ago 19 sec 3.6 -
A lateral view of a bird perched and flying away Lesbos, Greece (ssp hispaniolensis)
Peter Waanders 4 May 2005 2 years ago 6 sec 3.6
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A male on breeding time Tenerife, Canary Islands
Rafael Zamora Padr... 17 March 2002 49 weeks ago 4.2 -
Close-up of a male perched. Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Georges Olioso 19 January 2007 42 weeks ago 4 -
female on a branch Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Georges Olioso 16 January 2007 42 weeks ago 3.5 -
An adult male singing on a wall Kamarina, Ragusa Province, Sicily, Italy
pascal.vagner 17 May 2009 10 weeks ago 3 -
Two adults standing in a palm tree. Figuig, Figuig Province, Morocco (ssp hispaniolensis)
Christophe Gouraud 8 February 2009 24 weeks ago 3 -
A pair in winter plumage. Eilat, Israel
Laurent Demongin 17 October 2005 1 year ago 3
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Calls of a single bird Barranco de Río Cabras, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
(ssp hispaniolensis)
Stuart Fisher 6 March 2008 15 weeks ago 4
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