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Passer domesticus
House sparrow
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		House sparrow
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Passeriformes, Family Passeridae, Genus Passer, Species Passer domesticus


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		PA: SNA
Evidence:		1 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Arches National Park	Assateague Island National Seashore
Aztec Ruins National Monument	Badlands National Park
Baltimore-Washington National Parkway	Bandelier National Monument
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Biscayne National Park	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Bryce Canyon National Park
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chamizal National Memorial	Channel Islands National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
City Of Rocks National Reserve	Colonial National Historical Park
Colorado National Monument	Congaree National Park
Coronado National Memorial	Cowpens National Battlefield
Crater Lake National Park	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Devils Tower National Monument	Dinosaur National Monument
Dry Tortugas National Park	Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
El Malpais National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	First State National Historical Park
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Circle Parks	Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Fort Washington Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Gateway National Recreation Area
Gauley River National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Golden Spike National Historical Park
Grand Canyon National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Basin National Park	Great Falls Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greenbelt Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Haleakala National Park
Harmony Hall	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hot Springs National Park	Hovenweep National Monument
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	John Muir National Historic Site
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Joshua Tree National Park
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lava Beds National Monument
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manzanar National Historic Site	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Mesa Verde National Park	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Mojave National Preserve	Monocacy National Battlefield
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Mount Rainier National Park
Muir Woods National Monument	Natchez Trace Parkway
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National Mall and Memorial Parks	Navajo National Monument
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Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Olympic National Park	Oregon Caves National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Oxon Run National Parkway	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Parashant National Monument	Petersburg National Battlefield
Petrified Forest National Park	Petroglyph National Monument
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pinnacles National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Prince William Forest Park
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park	Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saguaro National Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Suitland Parkway	Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tonto National Monument
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Tumacacori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Vicksburg National Military Park	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	Weir Farm National Historical Park
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	White Sands National Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wind Cave National Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Wupatki National Monument	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park	Yucca House National Monument
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	7/19/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 1:38:02 PM

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