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The Dead Sea sparrow (Passer moabiticus) is a species of bird in the Old World sparrow family Passeridae, with one subspecies breeding in parts of the Middle East and another in western Afghanistan and eastern Iran. The eastern subspecies P. m. yatii is sometimes considered a separate species known as Yate's sparrow. [2]
[2] [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). [3] [4] The name Passer is the Latin word for "sparrow." [5] A mixed group of Passer sparrows containing a Eurasian tree sparrow, a male house sparrow, and female house or Spanish sparrows, feeding on grain in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan
A male Dead Sea sparrow in southeastern Turkey The Old World sparrows are indigenous to Europe, Africa and Asia. In the Americas , Australia, and other parts of the world, settlers imported some species which quickly naturalised, particularly in urban and degraded areas.
The sparrow's remains on exhibit in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam. The domino sparrow (Dutch: dominomus) was a house sparrow (Passer domesticus) that was shot and killed by a hunter from the company Duke Faunabeheer in the Frisian Expo Centre in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, during preparations for Domino Day on 14 November 2005.
An audio recording of a house sparrow. The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. It is a small bird that has a typical length of 16 cm (6.3 in) and a mass of 24–39.5 g (0.85–1.39 oz).
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