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House Sparrow

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Taxon taxon Q14683
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House Sparrow

Summary

House Sparrow is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.06% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,323 views/month, #118 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • House Sparrow received the Bird of the Year[3].
  • House Sparrow received the Bird of the Year[4].
  • House Sparrow received the Bird of the Year[5].
  • House Sparrow's instance of is recorded as taxon[6].
  • House Sparrow is classified at the rank of species[7].
  • House Sparrow's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[8].
  • House Sparrow belongs to the parent taxon Passer[9].
  • House Sparrow's scientific name is Passer domesticus[10].
  • House Sparrow's Commons category is recorded as Passer domesticus[11].
  • House Sparrow's temporal range start is recorded as Pliocene[12].
  • House Sparrow's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Passer domesticus[13].
  • House Sparrow's Commons gallery is recorded as Passer domesticus[14].
  • House Sparrow's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[15].
  • House Sparrow's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16].
  • House Sparrow's original combination is recorded as Fringilla domestica[17].
  • House Sparrow's short name is recorded as P. domesticus[18].
  • House Sparrow is commonly known as House Sparrow[19].
  • House Sparrow is commonly known as Haussperling[20].
  • House Sparrow is commonly known as Gorrión común[21].
  • House Sparrow is commonly known as Moineau domestique[22].
  • House Sparrow is commonly known as Домовый воробей[23].
  • House Sparrow is commonly known as Huismus[24].
  • House Sparrow is commonly known as Gråspurv[25].
  • House Sparrow is commonly known as Gråspurv[26].
  • House Sparrow is commonly known as Gráspör[27].

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Classification

House Sparrow's scientific name is Passer domesticus[10]. It is classified at the rank of species[7]. It belongs to the parent taxon Passer[9]. Recorded taxon common name include it[19], Haussperling[20], Gorrión común[21], Moineau domestique[22], Домовый воробей[23], and Huismus[24].

Identifiers

House Sparrow's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 48849[28]. House Sparrow's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5231190[29]. House Sparrow's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179628[30].

Why It Matters

House Sparrow ranks in the top 0.06% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,323 views/month, #118 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did House Sparrow receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3], Bird of the Year[4], and Bird of the Year[5].

Related Entities

Brazil Madagascar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · DontCallMeLateForDinner · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Handbook of texas id → tbh02
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  2. 4w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01542566-n
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  3. 6w 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'}
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  4. 7w ago · Valtaisa varpunen · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+5.5'}
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