Warbla · Library
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus · Family Passeridae
Passer montanus
Family Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passeridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 4,325,039
- Countries and territories with records
- 117
About this species
This species has 4,325,039 occurrence records from 117 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (15.8%), Taiwan (14.2%), Norway (7.6%), Germany (6.7%) and Spain (6.4%); together they account for 50.7% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.67% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Passer montanus combines the genus name Passer with the species epithet montanus. 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 melanurus and Passer hispaniolensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 47 species of the family Passeridae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Passer domesticus. Its record count is 6.3 times the family average (687,513). The family Passeridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.