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Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis [Temminck, 1820]
Other Names
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Passeridae
BTO Codes:
, SPASP
EURING No:
15920
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
hispaniolensis recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
15 cm
Wingspan:
24 cm
Weight:
M: 31 g F: 26 g
Scientific name from:
L.: passer =a sparrow
and after Spain (from L.: Hispania )
World Distribution:
BREEDS: Mediterranean & Near East, WINTERS: to n Africa & s Asia
Habitat:
Near man
Diet:
Seeds, invertebrates taken from ground
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Lundy, 1966
(Waller, C.S. 1971. British Birds 74:109-110)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
7
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Orkney
(1993),
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
English Midlands:
Nottinghamshire
,
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
Cornwall
(2000),
Devon
(1966),
Wales:
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Spansk spurv
Dutch:
Spaanse mus
Finnish:
Pajuvarpunen
French:
Moineau espagnol
German:
Weidensperling
Hungarian:
Berki veréb
Icelandic:
Spánarspör
Irish:
Italian:
Passera sarda
Norwegian:
Middelhavsspurv
Polish:
Wróbel sródziemnomorski
Portuguese:
Pardal-espanhol
Spanish:
Gorrión moruno
Swedish:
Spansk sparv
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Summers-Smith, J.D. 1988 The sparrows: a study of the genus Passer Poyser, Calton
[598.972 SUM]
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