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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | |||
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domesticus | Europe east to Mongolia, south central Siberia (mouth of the Amur River), and northeastern China, also locally also east on Sakhalin and the Kamchatka Peninsula. The species, probably mostly this subspecies, also is widely introduced around the world, including in North America, South America, subSaharan Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere, primarily in populated areas | ||
balearoibericus | Mediterranean Spain, Balearic Is., France, Balkans to Asia Minor | ||
tingitanus | NW Africa (Morocco to Tunisia, Algeria and ne Libya) | ||
rufidorsalis | Nile Valley of the Sudan | ||
niloticus | NE Africa (Suez Canal region to n Sudan) | ||
biblicus | Cyprus and Levant to Turkey, n Saudi Arabia, Iraq and w Iran | ||
indicus | Southern Israel and most of the Arabian Peninsula east to southern Iran, India, Sri Lanka, and southeast Asia east to Laos; also introduced in South Africa | ||
hufufae | NE Arabia (south to n Oman) | ||
bactrianus | Transcaspia to Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and nw Pakistan | ||
hyrcanus | N Iran (south to Elburz Mountains) and adjacent Turkmenistan | ||
persicus | Central Iran to sw Afghanistan and extreme w Pakistan | ||
parkini | Himalayas (Pakistan to sw Tibet, Nepal and Sikkim) | ||
Endemic status | Not endemic | ||
Birds (media) | Yes | ||
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