Passer

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.

OverviewAI-generated

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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In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 414 inbound references to Passer, and connects out to bird, Passeridae and beak.

Vinony files it under Bird genera, Commons link from Wikidata and Passer.

Vinony links it to 76 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Chordata

PHYLUM

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderPleuronectiformes
FamilyScophthalmidae

Habitatmarine

Observations recorded2,534,061,025

via GBIF

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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