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Scientific Name
Passer domesticus
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (NERI)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
house sparrow
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Passeridae |
| Genus | Passer |
| Species | Passer domesticus |
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Matt Marshall, Program Manager/Ecologist, ERMN, 8/16/2013.
Nativeness
Non-native
Nativeness Notes
Native to Old World (northern Scandinavia and northern Siberia south to northern Africa, Arabia, India, and southeast Asia).; Data Source: Matt Marshall, Program Manager/Ecologist, ERMN, 8/16/2013.
Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable.
In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Not cultivated with comment: Data Source: Matt Marshall, Program Manager/Ecologist, ERMN, 8/16/2013.
Abundance
Common
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Matt Marshall, Program Manager/Ecologist, ERMN, 8/16/2013.
Seasonality Tags
-
Breeder
Data Source: Matt Marshall, Program Manager/Ecologist, ERMN, 8/16/2013.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
2
References
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
sac - I & M Office
Created Date
12/29/1999 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
Last Modified Date
8/20/2013 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: Worthington et al., 1985. NPBIB-12610., Accepted Detail: American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.) (accessed on-line 5/23/13 at http://www.aou.org/).
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