Old World sparrow - Wikipedia
Old World sparrows are a group of small passerine birds forming the family Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, a name also used for a particular genus of the family, Passer. [1]
Passerida - Wikipedia
Mostly smallish insectivores, distribution centered on the Indo-Pacificregion. Few occur in the Americas,[1][2]highest diversity of families probably in subtropical East Asia and tropical Africa. Relationships of the latter are still not well-resolved as of 2019. Includes the "Old World babblers" and "Old World warbler", two highly paraphyletic ...
Passerine - Wikipedia
A passerine (/ ˈpæsəraɪn /) is any bird of the order Passeriformes (/ ˈpæsərɪfɔːrmiːz /; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species.
ADW: Passeridae: INFORMATION
Members of the family Passeridae are native to the Palearctic, Ethiopian and Oriental regions, and the highest diversity of Old World sparrows exists in these regions. Humans introduced Old World sparrows to the Nearctic, Neotropical and Australian regions.
Passeridae - Old World Sparrows - Birds of the World
Mar 4, 2020 · Old World Sparrows (Passeridae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of …
Passeridae Browse by Family, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of …
Browse North American birds in taxonomic order—by order and family, with quick access to each bird’s photos and sounds.
Passeridae | bird family | Britannica
Passeridae, sparrow weaver family of small gregarious birds, based on the genus Passer, the well-known sparrows. In this work these birds are classified as a subfamily ( Passerinae) in the weaverfinch family (Ploceidae), order Passeriformes.
Passeridae - Animalia
Passeridae. 42 species. The list of species of Passeridae family. Old World sparrows are a group of small passerine birds forming the family Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, a name also used for a particular genus of the family, Passer.
Sparrow | Songbird, Passerine, Urban Bird | Britannica
Sparrow, any of a number of small, chiefly seed-eating birds having conical bills. The name sparrow is most firmly attached to birds of the Old World family Passeridae (order Passeriformes), particularly to the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) …
Passeridae - Sparrows | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
Passeridae - Sparrows. The House Sparrow must rank as one of the most familiar birds in the world - occurring naturally in Europe, Asia and northern Africa, it has also been introduced, and become well established in, the Americas, southern Africa and parts of Australasia.