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House Sparrow

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q14683
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Summary

House Sparrow is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.06% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,262 views/month, #118 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Passer[6]
  • Taxon name: Passer domesticus[7]
  • Commons category: Passer domesticus[8]
  • Temporal range start: Pliocene[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Passer domesticus[10]
  • Commons gallery: Passer domesticus[11]
  • Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana[12], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13]
  • Original combination: Fringilla domestica[14]
  • Short name: P. domesticus[15]
  • Taxon common name: House Sparrow[16], Haussperling[17], Gorrión común[18], Moineau domestique[19], Домовый воробей[20], Huismus[21], Gråspurv[22], Gráspör[23], Passera Europea[24], gråsparv[25], pardal comú[26], vrabec domácí[27], イエスズメ[28], Huismossie[29]

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Identifiers

House Sparrow's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 48849[30]. House Sparrow's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5231190[31]. House Sparrow's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179628[32].

Why It Matters

House Sparrow has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did House Sparrow receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

Related Entities

Brazil Madagascar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · DontCallMeLateForDinner · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Handbook of texas id → tbh02
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Handbook of texas id: tbh02, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/61875728|HOUSE SPARROW (#61875728)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1896|Handbook of Texas ID"
  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01542566-n
    Interlingual index id → i43347
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  3. 10w ago · Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wingspan → {'amount': '+239'}, {'amount': '+23'}
    Invasive to → Madagascar, Brazil
    Salzburgwiki id → 96392
    Longest observed lifespan → {'amount': '+19.5'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/45830|batch #45830]]: espécies invasoras no Brasil (gbif)"
  4. 11w ago · Valtaisa varpunen · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+5.5'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Litter size: 5±2"
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