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Passeridae

Also known as true sparrows, Old World sparrows, passerids

family of songbirds

OverviewAI-generated

Passeridae is a family of birds within the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. It belongs to the order Passeriformes and the superfamily Passeroidea. The taxon was established by Illiger in 1811 and is recognized as an accepted family. Common names for this group include sparrows, spurvefamilien, and old world sparrows & snowfinches. The taxonomic type genus is Passer.

The family has a recorded range in Brazil. Occurrence data indicates 32,250,687 records, with 97 records held by institutions UCM and TTU in the United States. Scientific literature references include 2,472 entries in PubMed. The subject is referenced by 1,107 other encyclopedia articles and appears in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus.

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Species

old world sparrows & snowfinches

Passeridae

FAMILY

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyPasseridae

Observations recorded32,250,687

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 97
Family: Passeridae
Collections: UCM, TTU
Recorded in: United States

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Research

2,472 papers

Genetic Structure of Northern Fowl Mite (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) Populations Among Layer Chicken Flocks and Local House Sparrows (Passeriformes: Passeridae).Journal of medical entomology · 2020McCulloch JB, Owen JP, Hinkle NC et al.DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjz136
Complete mitochondrial genome of the Onychostruthus taczanowskii (Aves, Passeridae) and its phylogenetic analysis.Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis · 2016Ma Y, Wang X, Huang Y et al.DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1060473
Microsatellite resources for Passeridae species: a predicted microsatellite map of the house sparrow Passer domesticus.Molecular ecology resources · 2012Dawson DA, Horsburgh GJ, Krupa AP et al.DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03115.x
Sequence and analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Saxaul Sparrow, Passer ammodendri (Passeriformes, Passeridae).Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis · 2017Fan Y, Bao X, Liu F et al.DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1122771
Long-distance dependencies in birdsong syntax.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Searcy WA, Soha J, Peters S et al.DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2473
Complete mitochondrial genome of Tree Sparrow Passer montanus saturatus (Passeriformes: Passeridae).Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis · 2016Yang F, Li B, Zhou L et al.DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.974157
House sparrows.Current biology : CB · 2016Nakagawa S, Pick JLDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.047
Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the Pyrgilauda ruficollis (Aves, Passeridae) complete mitochondrial genome.Dong wu xue yan jiu = Zoological research · 2014Ma YG, Huang Y, Lei FMDOI: 10.11813/j.issn.0254-5853.2014.2.081

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Passeroidea
Image: Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus).jpg

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Commons category: Passeridae
taxon name: Passeridae
taxon rank: family
Commons gallery: Passeridae
described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
taxon common name: spurvefamilien
taxonomic type: Passer
taxon range: Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview

Old World sparrows are groups of small passerine birds forming the family Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, a name which is also used for a particular genus of the family Passer. They are distinct from both the New World sparrows of the family Passerellidae and from a few other birds such as the Java sparrow of the family Estrildidae sharing their name. Many species nest on buildings and the house and Eurasian tree sparrows, in particular, inhabit cities in large numbers. They are primarily seed-eaters, though they also consume small insects. Some species scavenge for food around cities and like pigeons or gulls, will eat small quantities of a diversity of items.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Passeridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.