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Spanish Sparrow
Passer hispaniolensis · Family Passeridae
Passer hispaniolensis
Family Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passeridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 325,297
- Countries and territories with records
- 87
About this species
This species has 325,297 occurrence records from 87 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (55.1%), Israel (11.6%), Portugal (8.8%), Türkiye (3.9%) and Greece (3.2%); together they account for 82.6% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 0.34% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Passer hispaniolensis combines the genus name Passer with the species epithet hispaniolensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 25 species of the genus Passer; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Passer domesticus, Passer montanus and Passer melanurus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 47 species of the family Passeridae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Passer domesticus. Its record count is 47.3% of the family average (687,513). The family Passeridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.