#1145 · 🐦 birds

Spanish Sparrow

🇳🇱 Spaanse Mus ·Passer hispaniolensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The Spanish sparrow or willow sparrow ( Passer hispaniolensis ) is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is found in the Mediterranean region and south-west and central Asia. It is very similar to the closely related house sparrow, and the two species show their close relation in a "biological mix-up" of hybridisation in the Mediterranean region, which complicates the taxonomy of this species.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,956iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,956 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820 (206 years ago).