#1120 · 🐦 birds

Italian Sparrow

🇳🇱 Italiaanse Mus ·Passer italiae

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The Italian sparrow ( Passer italiae ), also known as the cisalpine sparrow , is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in Italy and other parts of the Mediterranean region. In appearance, it is intermediate between the house sparrow, and the Spanish sparrow, a species of the Mediterranean and Central Asia closely related to the house sparrow. The Italian sparrow occurs in northern Italy and neighbouring regions, with intermediates with the house sparrow in a very...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,947iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

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.
16,947 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817 (209 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.