{"id":25362,"date":"2012-11-05T14:20:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:58","slug":"house-sparrow-passer-domesticus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/","title":{"rendered":"House Sparrow Passer domesticus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a member of the Old World sparrow family Passeridae. It occurs naturally in most of Europe,much of Asia, the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, New Zealand and Australia as well as urban areas in other parts of the world. It is now the most widely distributed wild bird on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: House Sparrow\u00a0<i>Passer\u00a0domesticus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-234-25362\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9845\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/house_sparrow_0_wm.jpg\" title=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)\" alt=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/thumbs\/thumbs_house_sparrow_0_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8412\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/house_sparrow_0.jpg\" title=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) \" alt=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/thumbs\/thumbs_house_sparrow_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7635\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/spanish-sparrow-passer-hispaniolensis-3.jpg\" title=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) at Vejer de la Frontera, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) at Vejer de la Frontera, Spain\" alt=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/thumbs\/thumbs_spanish-sparrow-passer-hispaniolensis-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7634\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/spanish-sparrow-passer-hispaniolensis-2.jpg\" title=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) at Vejer de la Frontera, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) at Vejer de la Frontera, Spain\" alt=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/thumbs\/thumbs_spanish-sparrow-passer-hispaniolensis-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7633\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/spanish-sparrow-passer-hispaniolensis-1.jpg\" title=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) at Vejer de la Frontera, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) at Vejer de la Frontera, Spain\" alt=\"House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/house-sparrow-passer-domesticus\/thumbs\/thumbs_spanish-sparrow-passer-hispaniolensis-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a member of the Old World sparrow family Passeridae. It occurs naturally in most of Europe,much of Asia, the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, New Zealand and Australia as well as urban areas in other parts of the world. It is now the most widely distributed wild bird on the planet. 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