#1166 · 🐦 birds

Rock Sparrow

🇳🇱 Rotsmus ·Petronia petronia

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Antonio Rico García · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Илья Сухов · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Atakent Sitesi, İncek:© kuzeycem · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 05350 Molines-en-Queyras, France:© Clement Rivier Photos · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 34530 Montagnac, France:© philadelphe william · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Кумторкалинский р-н, Респ. Дагестан, Россия:© Винер Фарахьянов · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Кумторкалинский р-н, Респ. Дагестан, Россия:© Vyacheslav Luzanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ankara, Türkiye:© Samet Tekin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The rock sparrow ( Petronia petronia ) is a small passerine bird. This sparrow breeds on barren rocky hills from the Iberian peninsula and western north Africa across southern Europe and through central Asia. It is largely resident in the west of its range, but Asian birds migrate to more southerly areas, or move down the mountains. Petronia is a local name for the rock sparrow from the Bologna area of Italy.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,526iNaturalist 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.
4,526 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).