The "Old World" sparrows belong to the
Passeridae family. They look similar to the "New World" sparrows which belong to the
Emberizidae family.
Genus Carpospiza - 1 species
Rockfinch,_Pale Carpospiza brachydactyla Found: Asia
Image by:
1)
Durzan_Cirano 2)
Marcel_Holyoak
![](../IMAGE9SM/Rockfinch,_Pale_Durzan_Cirano.jpg)
Genus Hypocryptadius - 1 species
Ibon,_Cinnamon Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus Found: Mindanao in the Philippines
Image by:
1)
Herbert_Goodchild 2)
Wilfredo_Kaamino
![](../IMAGE9SM/Ibon,_Cinnamon_Herbert_Goodchild.jpg)
Genus Montifringilla
Snowfinch,_Afghan Montifringilla theresae Found: Afghanistan
Image by:
1, 2) L_Shyamal
1) Female 2) Male
![](../IMAGE9SM/Snowfinch,_Afghan_female_L_Shyamal.jpg)
Snowfinch,_Black-winged also
Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi Found: China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Image by: 1)
As_Kannan - India 2)
Karunakar_Rayker - India 3)
Imran_Shah - Pakistan
![](../IMAGE9SM/Snowfinch,_Black-winged_ As_Kannan.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Snowfinch,_Black-winged_ Karunakar_Rayker.jpg)
Snowfinch,_Blanford Montifringilla blanfordi Found: China, India, Nepal, Pakistan
Image by: 1)
As_Kannan - India
2)
naturgucker
![](../IMAGE9SM/Snowfinch,_Blanford's_As_Kannan.jpg)
Snowfinch,_Henri's Montifringilla henrici Found: Tibet
Image by: 1)
Biodiversity_Heritage_Library 2)
naturgucker
![](../People/BiodiversityHeritageLibrarySM/Snowfinch,_Henri's_ Biodiversity_Heritage_Library.jpg)
Snowfinch,_Pere_David's Montifringilla davidiana Found: China, Pakistan,Mongolia,Russia
Image by: 1)
Josephe_Huet 2)
Vladimir_Yu - Russia 3)
Sergey_Yeliseev - Russia
![](../IMAGE9SM/Snowfinch,_Pere_David's_Josephe_Huet.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Snowfinch,_Pere_David's_ Vladimir_Yu.jpg)
Snowfinch,_Rufous-necked Montifringilla ruficollis Found: China, Pakistan, India, Nepal
Image by: 1)
Dibyendu_Ash - India 2)
Ross_Tsai
![](../People/AshSM/Snowfinch,_Rufous-necked_Dibyendu_Ash.jpg)
Snowfinch,_White-rumped Montifringilla taczanowskii Found: Tibet, China
Image by: 1)
unknown 2)
Paul_Jones
![](../IMAGE9SM/Snowfinch,_White-rumped_unknown2.jpg)
Snowfinch,_White-winged Montifringilla nivalis Found: Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Andreas_Trepte 2)
Pierre_Dalous - France
3)
putneymark
![](../IMAGE9SM/Snowfinch,_White-winged_Pierre_Dalous.jpg)
Genus Passer
Sparrow,_Abd_al_Kuri Passer hemileucus Found: Abd al Kuri in Indian Ocean, off Horn of Africa
Image by: 1)
Henrik_Gronvold
Sparrow,_Arabian_Golden Passer euchlorus Found: Somalia (Africa), Saudi Arabia (Asia)
Image by: 1)
Henrik_Gronvold 2)
Bader_Al-Qassem
![](../People/GronvoldSM/Sparrow,_Arabian_Golden_Henrik_Gronvold.jpg)
Sparrow,_Cape Passer melanurus Found: Africa
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7) Dick Daniels - South Africa 8)
Arno Meintjes 9)
Derek_Keats - South Africa
1, 2, 3, 4) Female 5, 6, 7, 8) Male
![](../Daniels/SouthAfrica/PhotosSmall/Sparrow, Cape female Joburg1.jpg)
![](../Daniels/SouthAfrica/PhotosSmall/Sparrow, Cape female Joburg3.jpg)
![](../Daniels/SouthAfrica/PhotosSmall/Sparrow, Cape female Joburg4.jpg)
![](../Daniels/SouthAfrica/PhotosSmall/Sparrow, Cape female Joburg2.jpg)
![](../Daniels/SouthAfrica/PhotosSmall/Sparrow, Cape male DeHoop1.jpg)
![](../Daniels/SouthAfrica/PhotosSmall/Sparrow, Cape4.jpg)
![](../Daniels/SouthAfrica/PhotosSmall/Sparrow, Cape Oudtshoorn2.jpg)
![](../People/MeintjesArnoSM/Sparrow,_Cape_Arno_Louise.jpg)
Sparrow,_Cape_Verde also
Iago Sparrow Passer iagoensis Found: Cape Verde archipelago, off western Africa
Image by: 1)
Cabo_Verde2008 3, 3) Ivo_Antusek 4)
Ze_Pinho
1) Pair 2) Female 3. 4) Male
![](../IMAGE9SM/Sparrow,_Cape_Verde_Cabo_Verde2008.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Sparrow,_Cape_Verde_Ivo_Antusek.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Sparrow,_Cape_Verde_male_Ivo_Antusek.jpg)
Sparrow,_Chestnut Passer eminibey Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Jay Clark - Kenya 2)
Francesco Veronesi - Kenya 3)
Joseph Mochoge - Gilgil, Kenya
![](../Images5SM/Sparrow,_Chestnut_JayClark.jpg)
![](../People/VeronesiSM/Chestnut_Sparrow_FrancescoVeronesi.jpg)
Sparrow,_Dead_Sea Passer moabiticus Found: Middle East (Asia)
Image by:
1, 3) Durzan_Cirano 2, 4) Marcel_Holyoak
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
![](../IMAGE9SM/Sparrow,_Dead_Sea_Durzan_Cirano.jpg)
![](../People/HolyoakSM/Sparrow,_Dead_Sea_Marcel_Holyoak_eq.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Sparrow,_Dead_Sea_male_Durzan_Cirano.jpg)
Sparrow,_Desert Passer simplex Found: northern Africa, Turkmenistan (Asia)
Image by: 1)
Christiaan_Kooyman 2(
Francesco_Veronesi 3, 4) Brendan_Ryan - Morocco
1) Pair 2, 3) Male
![](../Images8SM/Sparrow,_Desert_Christiaan_Kooyman.jpg)
![](../People/RyanBrendan_SM/Sparrow,_Desert_Brendan_Ryan.jpg)
Sparrow,_Eurasian Tree also
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Found: North America, Europe, Asia, Australia (introduced)
Image by: 1)
Andreas Trepte 2)
Laitche - Osalso, Japan 3)
Karelj 4)
LonelyShrimp
2) Adult of subspecies
P. m. saturatus
![](../People/TrepteSM/Sparrow,_Eurasian_Tree_AndreasTrepte.jpg)
![](../Images5SM/Sparrow,_Eurasian_Tree_Laitche.jpg)
![](../Images8SM/Sparrow,_Eurasian_Tree_Karelj.jpg)
Sparrow,_Great_Rufous also
Great Sparrow Passer motitensis Found: southern Africa
Image by:
1, 4) Derek_Keats 2)
Jerry_Oldenettel - Namibia 3)
Ian_White - South Africa
![](../People/KeatsSM/Sparrow,_Great_Rufous_Derek_Keats.jpg)
![](../People/OldenettelSM/Sparrow,_Great_Rufou_Jerry_Oldenettel.jpg)
![](../People/WhiteIanSM/Sparrow,_Great_Rufous_Ian_White.jpg)
Sparrow,_House Passer domesticus Found: Africa, Asia. Introduced to North America and
elsewhere.
Image by: 1)
Dick - Ecuador
2, 3, 6, 7) Dick - USA 4)
Ted Grussing 5)
Dick Daniels - Puerto Rico 8)
Dick - South Africa 9) Video by
Avibirds.
More vidoes
1 - 4) Female 5 - 8) Male
![](../Daniels/EcuadorSM/Sparrow,_House.jpg)
![](../Daniels1SM/sparrow, house, female 10-16 a.jpg)
![](../Daniels1SM/sparrow, house, female 10-16 b.jpg)
![](../People/Grussing/GrussingSM/Sparrow, House Ted Grussing2.jpg)
![](../Daniels1SM/Sparrow, House 01-2010a PuertoRico.jpg)
![](../Daniels1SM/sparrow, house 10-15 a.jpg)
![](../Daniels1SM/sparrow, house 10-15 b.jpg)
![](../Daniels/SouthAfrica/PhotosSmall/Sparrow, House GlassWorksSwaz3.jpg)
Sparrow,_Italian Passer italiae Found: southern Europe
Image by: 1)
Marcello_Consolo 2)
characters 3)
Claudio_Gennari 4)
Hans_Zwitzer
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
![](../Images8SM/Sparrow,_Italian_Marcello_Consolo.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Sparrow,_Italian_characters.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Sparrow,_Italian_Claudio_Gennari2.jpg)
Sparrow,_Kenya also
Kenya Rufous Sparrow Passer rufocinctus Found: Kenya and Tanzania
Africa Image by:
1, 5) Sergey Yeliseev - Kenya
3, 4) Darren Bellerby - Kenya
2, 5) Dick Daniels - Kenya
1, 2) Female 3, 4, 5, 6) Male
![](../People/YeliseevSM/Sparrow,_Kenya_Rufous_female_SergeyYeliseev.jpg)
![](../Daniels/Kenya/KenyaSM/Sparrow,_Rufous_female.jpg)
![](../People/BellerbySM/Sparrow,_Kenya-rufous1_Darren_Bellerby .jpg)
![](../People/BellerbySM/Sparrow,_Kenya-rufous2_Darren_Bellerby .jpg)
![](../People/YeliseevSM/Sparrow,_Kenya_Rufous_SergeyYeliseev.jpg)
Sparrow,_Kordofan Passer cordofanicus Found: Sudan, Chad
Image by: 1)
hbw.com
Sparrow,_Northern Gray-headed also
Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus Found:
Africa
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels - Tanzania
2) Dick - Kenya 3)
Nik_Borrow - Caneroon
![](../Daniels/Tanzania/Photos Small/sparrow, grey-headed 12-04 a.jpg)
![](../Daniels/Kenya/KenyaSM/Sparrow,_Gray-headed.jpg)
Sparrow,_Parrot-billed Passer gongonensis Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Carol Foil - Archers Post, Rift Valley, Kenya 3)
Darren
Bellerby - Maasai Mara, Kenya 4)
Bjørn Christian Tørrissen - Kenya 5)
Peter_Steward - Kenya
![](../People/FoilSM/Sparrow,_Parrot-billed_CarolFoil.jpg)
![](../People/FoilSM/Sparrow,_Parrot-billed3_CarolFoil.jpg)
![](../People/BellerbySM/Sparrow, Parrot-billed_Darren_Bellerby .jpg)
![](../Images8SM/Sparrow,_Parrot-billed_Bjorn_Christian_Torrissen.jpg)
Sparrow,_Plain-backed Passer flaveolus Found: southeast Asia, Malaysia
Image by: 1)
LonelyShrimp 2)
Francesco_Veronesi - Thailand 3)
Ron_Knight - Thailand
![](../People/lonelyshrimpSM/Sparrow,_Plain-backed_LonelyShrimp.jpg)
![](../People/VeronesiSM/Sparrow,_Plain-backed_Francesco_Veronesi.jpg)
Sparrow,_Russet also
Cinnamon Sparrow Passer rutilans Found: widely distributed across Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Alpsdake - Japan 3)
Robin_Abraham - India 4)
Ron_Knight - China
![](../People/AlpsdakeSM/Sparrow,_Russet_female_Alpsdake.jpg)
![](../People/AlpsdakeSM/Sparrow,_Russet_male_Alpsdake.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Sparrow,_Russet_Robin_Abraham.jpg)
Sparrow,_Saxaul Passer ammodendri Found: central Asia
Image by:
1)
Sabine’s_Sunbird 2)
Alastair_Rae 3)
Sergey_Yeliseev
![](../Images8SM/Sparrow,_Saxaul_Sabines_Sunbird.jpg)
![](../People/RaeAlastairSM/Sparrow,_Saxaul_Alastair_Rae.jpg)
Sparrow,_Shelley's Passer shelleyi Found: South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya
Image by: 1)
Henrik_Gronvold 2)
Rich_Andrews
![](../People/GronvoldSM/Sparrow,_Shelley's_Henrik_Gronvold.jpg)
Sparrow,_Sind Passer pyrrhonotus Found: south Asia
Image by: 1)
Rajiv_Lather 2)
Shyamal 3)
JM_Garg - India 4)
Global_Bird_Watchers_Conference
1) Female 2, 3, 4) Male
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS3/Sparrow,_Sind_ Rajiv_Lather.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Sparrow,_Sind_Shyamal.jpg)
![](../People/GargSM/Sparrow,_Sind_JM_Garg.jpg)
Sparrow,_Socotra Passer insularis Found: Socotra, Samhah, and Darsah in the Indian Ocean
Image by: 1)
Joseph_Smit
Sparrow,_Somali Passer castanopterus Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 2)
Paul Ellis
![](../Daniels/NairobiNationalMuseumSM/Sparrow,_Somali.jpg)
Sparrow,_Southern Gray-headed Passer diffusus Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Alan Manson - South Africa 2)
Cristiano Crolle - Sossusvlei, Namibia 3)
Alan_Manson
![](../Images5SM/Sparrow,_Southern_Grey-headed_AlanManson.jpg)
![](../People/CrolleSM/Sparow,_Southern_Gray-headed_Crolle.jpg)
Sparrow,_Spanish Passer hispaniolensis Found: Meditteranean Region and Asia
Image by:
1, 3)
Juan Emilio 4)
Frank Vassen - Lanzarote, Canary Island 5)
Francesco
Canu - Italy 6)
Agustin_Povedano
1, 2) Female 3) Juvenile male 4, 5, 6) Male
![](../People/EmilioJuanSM/Sparrow,_Spanish_female_JuanEmilio.jpg)
![](../People/EmilioJuanSM/Sparrow,_Spanish_Juan_Emilio.jpg)
![](../People/EmilioJuanSM/Sparrow,_Spanish_JuanEmilio.jpg)
![](../People/VassenFrankSM/Sparrow,_Spanish_Frank_Vassen.jpg)
![](../Images4SM/Sparrow,_Spanish_FrancescoCanu.jpg)
Sparrow,_Sudan Golden Passer luteus Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Sandy Cole -
National Aviary 2, 3) Dick Daniels -
National Aviary
![](../Daniels/NationalAviarySM/Sparrow,_Sudan_Golden_sandy2.jpg)
![](../Daniels/NationalAviarySM/Sparrow,_Sudan_Golden3.jpg)
Sparrow,_Swahili Passer suahelicus Found: Kenya, Tanzania
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 2)
Robert Muckley 3)
Jerry Friedman - Kenya
![](../Daniels/NairobiNationalMuseumSM/Sparrow,_Swahili.jpg)
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS2/Sparrow,_Swahili_RobertMuckley.jpg)
Sparrow,_Swainson's Passer swainsonii Found: northeastern Africa
Image by: 1)
Brian_Butcher - Ethiopia 2)
Sergey_Yeliseev - Ethiopia
![](../IMAGE9SM/Sparrow,_Swainson's_Brian_Butcher.jpg)
Genus Petronia
Petronia,_Bush Petronia dentata Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Charles_J_Sharp - Senegak
1) Females
2) Males
![](../People/Sharp_CharlesJsm/Petronia,_Bush_Charles_J_Sharp.jpg)
Petronia,_Chestnut-shouldered also
Yellow-throated Sparrow Petronia xanthocollis Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Dr. Tejinder Singh Rawal 3) Koshy_Koshy
![](../IMAGE9SM/Petronia,_Chestnut-shouldered_Tsrawal.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Petronia,_Chestnut-shouldered_Tsrawal2.jpg)
Petronia,_Rock also
Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Image by: 1)
Agustin_Povedano 2)
Sandra 3)
Martien_Brand
1) Juvenile
![](../IMAGE9SM/Petronia,_Rock_Agustin_Povedano.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Petronia,_Rock_Sandra.jpg)
Petronia, Yellow-spotted Petronia pyrgita Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Joseph Mochoge - Gilgil, Kenya 2)
Dave Curtis - Kenya 3)
Francesco Veronesi - Kenya 4)
Nik_Borrow - Ethiopia
![](../People/MochogeJosephSM/Petronia,_Yellow-spotted_pair_JosephMochoge.jpg)
![](../People/CurtisDaveSM/Petronia,_Yellow-spotted_Dave_Curtis.jpg)
![](../People/VeronesiSM/Petronia,_Yellow-spotted_FrancescoVeronesi.jpg)
Petronia, Yellow-throated Petronia superciliaris Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 2)
Derek Keats - South Africa 3)
Alan Manson - South Africa 4)
Johann_duPreez - South Africa
![](../Daniels/NairobiNationalMuseumSM/Petronia,_Yellow-throated.jpg)
![](../People/KeatsSM/Petronia,_Yellow-throated_DerekKeats.jpg)
![](../People/MansonAlanSM/Petronia,_Yellow-throated_Alan_Manson.jpg)