#0689 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

🇳🇱 Ringmus ·Passer montanus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The Eurasian tree sparrow ( Passer montanus ) is a passerine bird in the sparrow family with a rich chestnut crown and nape, and a black patch on each pure white cheek. The sexes are similarly plumaged, and young birds are a duller version of the adult. This sparrow breeds over most of temperate Eurasia and Southeast Asia, where it is known as the tree sparrow , and it has been introduced elsewhere including the United States, where it...

base stats

NL sightings 178iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 161,106iNaturalist observations
weight 26 gadult, up to
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).