© Brian Sullivan
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Peter E. Lowther and Calvin L. Cink
Version: 2.0 — Published February 1, 2006
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Huismossie |
| Albanian | Harabeli |
| Arabic | دوري منزلي |
| Armenian | Տնային ճնճղուկ |
| Assamese | ঘৰচিৰিকা |
| Asturian | Pardal comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Dam sərçəsi |
| Bangla | চড়াই |
| Basque | Etxe-txolarrea |
| Bulgarian | Домашно врабче |
| Catalan | pardal comú |
| Chinese | 家麻雀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 家麻雀 |
| Croatian | vrabac |
| Czech | vrabec domácí |
| Danish | Gråspurv |
| Dutch | Huismus |
| English | House Sparrow |
| English (United States) | House Sparrow |
| Faroese | Gráspurvur |
| Finnish | varpunen |
| French | Moineau domestique |
| French (France) | Moineau domestique |
| Galician | Pardal común |
| German | Haussperling |
| Greek | Σπιτοσπουργίτης |
| Gujarati | ચકલી |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mwano kay |
| Hebrew | דרור הבית |
| Hindi | घरेलू गौरैया |
| Hungarian | Házi veréb |
| Icelandic | Gráspör |
| Indonesian | Burung-gereja rumah |
| Italian | Passera oltremontana |
| Japanese | イエスズメ |
| Korean | 집참새 |
| Latvian | Mājas zvirbulis |
| Lithuanian | Naminis žvirblis |
| Malayalam | അങ്ങാടിക്കുരുവി |
| Marathi | चिमणी |
| Mongolian | Оронгийн бор шувуу |
| Norwegian | gråspurv |
| Odia | ଘର ଚଟିଆ |
| Persian | گنجشک خانگی |
| Polish | wróbel |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pardal-dos-telhados |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pardal |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pardal-do-telhado |
| Portuguese (RAA) | Pardal |
| Punjabi (India) | ਚਿੜੀ |
| Romanian | Vrabie de casă |
| Russian | Домовый воробей |
| Serbian | Vrabac pokućar |
| Slovak | vrabec domový |
| Slovenian | Domači vrabec |
| Spanish | Gorrión Común |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gorrión Común |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Gorrión Doméstico |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gorrión Europeo |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gorrión Casero |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gorrión Doméstico |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gorrión Doméstico |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gorrión Casero |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Gorrión Doméstico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gorrión común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gorrión |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gorrión Común |
| Swedish | gråsparv |
| Telugu | ఊర పిచ్చుక |
| Thai | นกกระจอกใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Serçe |
| Ukrainian | Горобець хатній |
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the House Sparrow in N. America.
Based on AOU (1983), Godfrey (1986), and Thurber (1986). Densities from Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) and Christmas Bird Count (CBC) data (Summers-Smith 1988). No data available for areas south of U.S.
