House Sparrow Passer domesticus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (90)
- Subspecies (12)
Peter E. Lowther and Calvin L. Cink
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Huismossie |
| Albanian | Harabeli |
| Arabic | دوري منزلي |
| Armenian | Տնային ճնճղուկ |
| Assamese | ঘৰচিৰিকা |
| Asturian | Pardal común |
| Azerbaijani | Dam sərçəsi |
| Bangla | চড়াই |
| Bangla (Bangladesh) | চড়াই |
| Bangla (India) | চড়াই |
| Basque | Etxe-txolarrea |
| Bulgarian | Домашно врабче |
| Catalan | pardal comú |
| Chinese | 家麻雀 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 家麻雀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 家麻雀 |
| Croatian | vrabac |
| Czech | vrabec domácí |
| Danish | Gråspurv |
| Dutch | Huismus |
| English | House Sparrow |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | House Sparrow |
| English (United States) | House Sparrow |
| Estonian | koduvarblane |
| Faroese | Gráspurvur |
| Finnish | varpunen |
| French | Moineau domestique |
| French (Canada) | Moineau domestique |
| Galician | Pardal común |
| Georgian | სახლის ბეღურა |
| German | Haussperling |
| Greek | Σπιτοσπουργίτης |
| Gujarati | ચકલી |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mwano kay |
| Hebrew | דרור הבית |
| Hindi | घरेलू गौरैया |
| Hungarian | Házi veréb |
| Icelandic | Gráspör |
| Indonesian | Burung-gereja rumah |
| Italian | Passera oltremontana |
| Japanese | イエスズメ |
| Kannada | ಗುಬ್ಬಚ್ಚಿ |
| Konkani | चिमणी |
| Korean | 집참새 |
| Ladakhi | མཆིལ་པ་སྐྱ་བོ། |
| Latvian | Mājas zvirbulis |
| Lithuanian | Naminis žvirblis |
| Malayalam | അങ്ങാടിക്കുരുവി |
| Maori | Tiu | House Sparrow |
| Marathi | चिमणी |
| Mongolian | Оронгийн бор шувуу |
| Nepali (India) | घर भंगेरा |
| Nepali (Nepal) | घर भँगेरा |
| Norwegian | gråspurv |
| Odia | ଘର ଚଟିଆ |
| Persian | گنجشک خانگی |
| Polish | wróbel |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pardal-dos-telhados |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pardal |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pardal-do-telhado |
| Portuguese (RAA) | Pardal |
| Punjabi (India) | ਚਿੜੀ |
| Romanian | Vrabie de casă |
| Russian | Домовый воробей |
| Serbian | Vrabac pokućar |
| Slovak | vrabec domový |
| Slovenian | Domači vrabec |
| Spanish | Gorrión Común |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gorrión Común |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Gorrión Doméstico |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gorrión Europeo |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gorrión Casero |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gorrión Doméstico |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gorrión Doméstico |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gorrión Casero |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Gorrión Doméstico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gorrión común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gorrión Común |
| Swedish | gråsparv |
| Tamil (India) | சிட்டுக்குருவி |
| Telugu | ఊర పిచ్చుక |
| Thai | นกกระจอกใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Serçe |
| Ukrainian | Горобець хатній |
| Zulu | ujolwane wekhaya |
Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla domestica
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.183.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PASSER
- passer
- domestica / domesticus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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