Warbla · Library
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus · Family Passeridae
Passer domesticus
Family Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passeridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 25,844,007
- Countries and territories with records
- 221
About this species
This species has 25,844,007 occurrence records from 221 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (51.6%), Canada (8%), Spain (5%), France (4.9%) and the United Kingdom (3.2%); together they account for 72.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 1.2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Passer domesticus combines the genus name Passer with the species epithet domesticus. The Warbla app catalog lists 25 species of the genus Passer; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Passer montanus, Passer melanurus and Passer hispaniolensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 47 species of the family Passeridae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 37.6 times the family average (687,513). The family Passeridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.