PBDB Taxon

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Passer (sparrow)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passeridae

Taxonomy

Passer was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ploceidae by Worthy (1997); and to Passeridae by Mlikovsky (2002), Livezey and Zusi (2007) and Clements et al. (2017).

Species

P. domesticus, P. hispaniolensis, P. insularis, P. montanus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1760	Passer Brisson
1997	Passer Worthy p. 110
2002	Passer Mlikovsky p. 247
2007	Passer Livezey and Zusi p. 41
2017	Passer Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
order	Passeriformes	Linnaeus 1758
family	Passeridae	Illiger 1811
genus	Passer	Brisson 1760

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Passer Brisson 1760 [sparrow]

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Passer domesticus Linnaeus 1758 [house sparrow]

Passer hispaniolensis Temminck 1820 [Spanish sparrow]

Passer insularis Sclater and Hartlaub 1881 [Socotra sparrow]

Passer montanus Linnaeus 1758

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:39:15

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:39:15

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene	3.6 - 0.0117	South Africa	Passer sp. (22333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Spain	Passer sp. (194941)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	France (Corse)	Passer domesticus (215376 215378)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	New Zealand (South Island)	Passer domesticus (215380 215388 215403 215415 215417 215419 215421 215581 215583 215617)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Yemen	Passer insularis (169046 234349)