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| - | [[Image:Eurasian_Tree_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|rayh|rayh}}]] | + | [[Image:Eurasian_Tree_Sparrow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|rayh|rayh}}<br />Carsington Water, [[England]], February 2004]] |
| | ;[[: Category:Passer|Passer]] montanus | | ;[[: Category:Passer|Passer]] montanus |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
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| | [[House Sparrow]], which has a grey head and lacks the white cheeks. | | [[House Sparrow]], which has a grey head and lacks the white cheeks. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | Widespread and still fairly common but decreasing in parts of western [[Europe]] including [[Britain]]. Breeds in coastal [[Ireland]] and [[Britain]] (but rather uncommon in the north), and from western [[France]], north and eastern [[Iberia]] east across [[Europe]] to the Urals and Caspian reaching coastal and southern [[Scandinavia]], the Baltic States and the White Sea. In the south occurs on the Mediterranean coasts of [[Spain]] and [[France]], [[Italy]] and [[Sicily]], the Balkans, patchily in west, central and northern [[Turkey]] and the [[Caucasus]]. Formerly bred in the [[Faroes]] and has bred [[Morocco]], recently in [[Malta]] and [[Gozo]], introduced to [[Sardinia]]. Rare breeder in the [[Canary Islands]], found only on [[Gran Canaria]]. There is also a small population in St. Louis, [[Missouri]], in the [[USA]]. | + | Widespread and still fairly common but decreasing in parts of western [[Europe]] including [[Britain]]. |
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| | + | Breeds in coastal [[Ireland]] and [[Britain]] (but rather uncommon in the north), and from western [[France]], north and eastern [[Iberia]] east across [[Europe]] to the Urals and Caspian reaching coastal and southern [[Scandinavia]], the Baltic States and the White Sea. In the south occurs on the Mediterranean coasts of [[Spain]] and [[France]], [[Italy]] and [[Sicily]], the Balkans, patchily in west, central and northern [[Turkey]] and the [[Caucasus]]. Formerly bred in the [[Faroes]] and has bred [[Morocco]], recently in [[Malta]] and Gozo] introduced to [[Sardinia]]. |
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| | + | Rare breeder in the [[Canary Islands]], found only on [[Gran Canaria]]. There is also a small population in St. Louis, [[Missouri]], in the [[USA]]. |
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| | Resident or partial migrant over most of range and winter visitor to the larger Mediterranean islands. | | Resident or partial migrant over most of range and winter visitor to the larger Mediterranean islands. |
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| | Vagrants recorded in [[Gibraltar]] and North-West [[Africa]], [[Egypt]] and [[Israel]]. | | Vagrants recorded in [[Gibraltar]] and North-West [[Africa]], [[Egypt]] and [[Israel]]. |
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| - | Introduced to [[Australia]]. Now found in a few places in the SE. Locally abundant. | + | Introduced to [[Australia]]. Now found in a few places in the south-east. Locally abundant. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | Subspecies: Nominate occurs over much of Western Palearctic range with <i>transcaucasicus</i> in the southern Caucasus, generally duller and greyer above, whiter below. | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| | + | *''P. m. montanus'': [[Europe]] to north [[Africa]], northern [[Mongolia]], Manchuria and Sea of Okhotsk |
| | + | *''P. m. transcaucasicus'': Southern [[Caucasus]] (Black Sea coast of [[Georgia]] to northern [[Iran]]) |
| | + | **Generally duller and greyer above, whiter below |
| | + | *''P. m. dilutus'': Transcaspia to western [[Pakistan]], Gobi Desert and western [[China]] (Xinjiang) |
| | + | *''P. m. dybowskii'': Eastern [[Asia]] (lower Amur River to Manchuria and northern [[Korea]]) |
| | + | *''P. m. kansuensis'': Western [[China]] (Zaidam basin and northern Gansu) |
| | + | *''P. m. iubilaeus'': Eastern [[China]] (Liaoning to lower Yangtze River and Shaanxi) |
| | + | *''P. m. obscuratus'': [[Nepal]] to north-eastern [[India]], [[Myanmar]] and west-central [[China]] (Sichuan to Hubei) |
| | + | *''P. m. saturatus'': Southern Kuril Island, [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], Ryukyu Island, [[Taiwan]] and south-eastern [[China]] |
| | + | *''P. m. malaccensis'': Central [[Myanmar]], [[Malaya]], Hainan, [[Vietnam]] and western [[Indonesia]] |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Open woodland and along woodland edges, parkland and farmland with copses and hedgerows. Also in urban areas where House Sparrow is absent. | | Open woodland and along woodland edges, parkland and farmland with copses and hedgerows. Also in urban areas where House Sparrow is absent. |
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| | <flashmp3>Passer montanus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | | <flashmp3>Passer montanus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> |
| | ''[[Media:Passer montanus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | | ''[[Media:Passer montanus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Passer+montanus}} | + | {{GSearch|Passer+montanus}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Passer]][[Category:Bird Songs]] | + | <br /> |
| | + | {{Video|Eurasian_Tree_Sparrow}} |
| | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Passer]][[Category:Bird Songs]] [[Category:Videos]] |
Chestnut crown and nape. White cheeks with a black spot.
Resident or partial migrant over most of range and winter visitor to the larger Mediterranean islands.
Open woodland and along woodland edges, parkland and farmland with copses and hedgerows. Also in urban areas where House Sparrow is absent.
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