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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.