Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) - HBW 14, p. 794
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 Enlarge map
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A female feeding at the nest. Locality Dulce River, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Javier Ortas 8 July 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A close up of a male calling Locality Villaverde, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (ssp hispaniolensis )
Eric Roualet 26 December 2012 19 weeks ago 18 sec 4.3 -
A bulging plumaged bird Locality Doñana National Park, Andalucia, Spain
Juan Sanabria 28 March 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A male springing on the grond. Locality Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Jeremiusz Trzaska 27 March 2010 3 years ago 24 sec 4.2 -
A pair copulating, near the nest Locality Skala Kallonis, Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece (ssp hispaniolensis)
Christian Dortu 5 May 2006 6 years ago 1 min 13 sec 4.2 -
A close up of a male Locality La Gomera, Canary Islands (ssp hispaniolensis)
Eric Roualet 23 December 2005 2 years ago 7 sec 4
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Resident Bird
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 19 December 2009 2 years ago 4.8 -
Feeding chick
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 12 May 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
Spanish sparrow
Locality Qatar
sulqatar 1 year ago 4.6 -
male drinking
Locality Ramot, Golan Heights, Israel (ssp transcaspicus)
Lior Kislev 3 April 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
A male on breeding time
Locality Tenerife, Canary Islands (ssp hispaniolensis)
Rafael Zamora Padrón 17 March 2002 4 years ago 4.4 -
An adult male land on a plant scared by a car. The flock was breeding under White-stork's nest near by, but it was feeding besid
Locality Sakar Mountains, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
Boris Belchev 18 April 2011 1 year ago 4.4
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Calls of a single bird Locality Barranco de Río Cabras, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
(ssp hispaniolensis)
Stuart Fisher 6 March 2008 3 years ago 4
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