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Passer Brisson, 1760
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179627

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Old World Sparrows [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2013

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Passeriformes – Perching Birds, passereaux
	Family	Passeridae Rafinesque, 1815
	Genus	Passer Brisson, 1760 – Old World Sparrows
		Direct Children:
	Species	Passer ammodendri Gould, 1872 – Saxaul Sparrow
	Species	Passer castanopterus Blyth, 1855 – Somali Sparrow
	Species	Passer cordofanicus Heuglin, 1871
	Species	Passer diffusus (A. Smith, 1836)
	Species	Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Gorrión casero, House Sparrow, moineau domestique
	Species	Passer eminibey (Hartlaub, 1880) – Chestnut Sparrow
	Species	Passer euchlorus (Bonaparte, 1850) – Arabian Golden Sparrow
	Species	Passer flaveolus Blyth, 1845 – Plain-backed Sparrow
	Species	Passer gongonensis (Oustalet, 1890) – Parrot-billed Sparrow
	Species	Passer griseus (Vieillot, 1817) – Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
	Species	Passer hemileucus Ogilvie-Grant & H. O. Forbes, 1899
	Species	Passer hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820) – Spanish Sparrow
	Species	Passer iagoensis (Gould, 1838) – Iago Sparrow
	Species	Passer insularis P. L. Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881 – Socotra Sparrow
	Species	Passer italiae (Vieillot, 1817)
	Species	Passer luteus (Lichtenstein, 1823) – Sudan Golden Sparrow
	Species	Passer melanurus (Statius Muller, 1776) – Cape Sparrow
	Species	Passer moabiticus Tristram, 1864 – Dead Sea Sparrow
	Species	Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Eurasian Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow
	Species	Passer motitensis (A. Smith, 1836) – Great Sparrow
	Species	Passer pyrrhonotus Blyth, 1845 – Jungle Sparrow
	Species	Passer rufocinctus Fischer & Reichenow, 1884 – Kenya Sparrow
	Species	Passer rutilans (Temminck, 1836) – Russet Sparrow
	Species	Passer shelleyi Sharpe, 1891
	Species	Passer simplex (Lichtenstein, 1823) – Desert Sparrow
	Species	Passer suahelicus Reichenow, 1904
	Species	Passer swainsonii (Rüppell, 1840) – Swainson's Sparrow

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
	Notes:	PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
	Reference for:	Passer

	Expert:	Richard C. Banks
	Notes:	Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.
	Reference for:	Passer

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Passer

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.19, website (version 19-Feb-11)
	Acquired:	2012
	Notes:	"Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Passer

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Passer

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Passer

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:

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