Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: House Sparrow

Monday, 13 December 2021

House Sparrow

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

家麻雀 (jiā má-què)

Malay : Pipit Ubun Kelabu

Japanese : イエスズメ (ie suzume)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 家雀

  Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 68,500,000km²
  Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 75,200,000km²
  Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
  Breeding Endemic : No

Size : 15–17 cm, 27–29 g

Subspecies (12) and Distribution

EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

House Sparrow (Indian) Passer domesticus [indicus Group]

Passer domesticus rufidorsalis (Brehm, CL, 1855)
– Sudan (Nile Valley S to 13° N) and E to Red Sea coast in Eritrea.
Passer domesticus indicus (Jardine & Selby, 1831)
– S Israel, S Palestine and much of Arabia E to SE Iran, peninsular India, Sri Lanka and C SE Asia (E to Laos).
Passer domesticus hufufae (Ticehurst & Cheesman, 1924)
– E Arabian Peninsula.
Passer domesticus bactrianus (Zarudny & Kudashev, 1916)
– W Turkmenistan, NE Iran and S Kazakhstan E to Tien Shan, extreme NW China (NW Xinjiang) and NW Pakistan.
Passer domesticus hyrcanus (Zarudny & Kudashev, 1916)
– SE Azerbaijan and N Iran (N of Elburz Mts).
Passer domesticus parkini (Whistler, 1920)
– from Kashmir E to Sikkim.

EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

House Sparrow (Grey-cheeked) Passer domesticus [domesticus Group]

Passer domesticus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
– N and W Europe (S to Iberia and SC France) E in NC Asia (S to Ukraine, N Mongolia and NE China) to mouth of R Amur, locally also Sakhalin and W and E Kamchatka.
Passer domesticus biblicus (Hartert, E, 1904)
– SE Turkey, Cyprus and Levant E to NW Iran.
Passer domesticus persicus (Sarudny & Kudashev, 1916)
– C Iran (S of Elburz Mts) E to W and S Afghanistan.
Passer domesticus balearoibericus (von Jordans, 1923)
– Balearic Is, and S France E (excluding Italy and most Mediterranean islands) to WC Asia Minor.
Passer domesticus tingitanus (A. Tingitanus Loche, 1867)
– NW Africa (Morocco E to NE Libya).
Passer domesticus niloticus (Nicoll & Bonhote, 1909)
– Egypt (Nile Delta and Nile Valley).