WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Rock Sparrow

Petronia petronia

Rock Sparrow belongs to Passeridae, within the order Passeriformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

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Rock Sparrow · Petronia petronia — Illustration, not a field photograph.

Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name: Petronia petronia
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Conservation record: LC · Least Concern
Habitat in source: Rock
Reported mass: 30.2 g

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.

Distribution record

古北界：温带至亚热带古北界荒地、开阔林地和耕地：马德拉和加那利群岛（马卡罗尼西亚中部）、伊比利亚半岛、法国中南部经土耳其、高加索地区、哈萨克斯坦西北部、东南部、俄罗斯中南部和蒙古至内蒙古（中国东北部）；在南部自摩洛哥至利比亚西北部（非洲西北部、中北部），亦见于以色列、约旦西部、伊拉克北部、伊朗南部和阿富汗西部，经塔吉克斯坦和吉尔吉斯斯坦至新疆西北部，以及青海和甘肃向南经四川（中国西北部）

Original Chinese range description retained from the source catalog.