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Passer

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Also known as true sparrows

Passer is a genus of sparrows, also known as the true sparrows. The genus contains 28 species and includes the house sparrow and the Eurasian tree sparrow - two of the most common birds in the world. They are small birds with thick bills for eating seeds and are mostly coloured grey or brown. Native to the Old World, some species have been introduced throughout the world.

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Passer is a taxon classified as a genus within the subclass of birds. The House Sparrow serves as the taxonomic type for this group. According to the iDigBio database, specimens associated with the family passeridae are held by institutions including CMNH, DMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CUMV, and USNM. Records from these collections have been documented in the United States, South Africa, Belgium, India, and Algerije.

The name Passer appears in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language. In the World Register of Marine Species, a taxon named Passer is listed with the status of unaccepted. This entry is attributed to Valenciennes (ex Klein), 1846, and is placed in the family Scophthalmidae, order Pleuronectiformes, and class Teleostei within the phylum Chordata. This specific marine taxon is distinct from the avian genus.

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Species

Chordata

PHYLUM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPleuronectiformes
  5. FamilyScophthalmidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded2,534,061,025

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
96
With media
27
Family
Passeridae
Collections
CMNH, DMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CUMV, USNM, SDNHM
Recorded in
United States, South Africa, Belgium, India, Algerije, Algeria, China, Afghanistan
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
bird
Image
Passer Hispaniolensis Male.JPG
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taxon name
Passer
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Passer
topic's main category
Category:Passer
Commons gallery
Passer
taxonomic type
House Sparrow
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
  • Description
  • Distribution
  • Behaviour
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Passer is a genus of sparrows, also known as the true sparrows. The genus contains 28 species and includes the house sparrow and the Eurasian tree sparrow - two of the most common birds in the world. They are small birds with thick bills for eating seeds and are mostly coloured grey or brown. Native to the Old World, some species have been introduced throughout the world.

== Taxonomy== The genus Passer was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The type species was subsequently designated as the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). The name Passer is the Latin word for "sparrow."

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