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

Size : 15-17 cm, 24–39.5 g

Subspecies and Distribution

Passer domesticus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
– Europe east to Mongolia, south central Siberia (mouth of the Amur River), and northeastern China, also locally also east on Sakhalin and the Kamchatka Peninsula. The species, probably mostly this subspecies, also is widely introduced around the world, including in North America, South America, subSaharan Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere, primarily in populated areas。
Passer domesticus balearoibericus (von Jordans, 1923)
– Mediterranean Spain, Balearic Is., France, Balkans to Asia Minor.
Passer domesticus tingitanus (Loche, 1867)
– NW Africa (Morocco to Tunisia, Algeria and ne Libya).
Passer domesticus biblicus (Hartert, E, 1904)
– Cyprus and Levant to Turkey, n Saudi Arabia, Iraq and w Iran.
Passer domesticus niloticus (Nicoll & Bonhote, 1909)
– NE Africa (Suez Canal region to n Sudan).
Passer domesticus persicus (Sarudny & Kudashev, 1916)
– Central Iran to sw Afghanistan and extreme w Pakistan.
Passer domesticus indicus (Jardine & Selby, 1831)
– Southern Israel and most of the Arabian Peninsula east to southern Iran, India, Sri Lanka, and southeast Asia east to Laos; also introduced in South Africa.
Passer domesticus parkini (Whistler, 1920)
– Himalayas (Pakistan to sw Tibet, Nepal and Sikkim).
Passer domesticus rufidorsalis (Brehm, CL, 1855)
– Nile Valley of the Sudan.
Passer domesticus hufufae (Ticehurst & Cheesman, 1924)
– NE Arabia (south to n Oman).
Passer domesticus bactrianus (Sarudny & Kudashev, 1916)
– Transcaspia to Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and nw Pakistan.
Passer domesticus hyrcanus (Sarudny & Kudashev, 1916)
– N Iran (south to Elburz Mountains) and adjacent Turkmenistan.