A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Passeridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla (Bonaparte, 1850) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gymnoris pyrgita (Heuglin, 1862) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gymnoris superciliaris Blyth, 1845 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gymnoris xanthocollis (Burton, 1838) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-tailed WeaverHisturgops ruficauda Reichenow, 1887 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnamon IbonHypocryptadius cinnamomeus Hartert, 1903 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tibetan SnowfinchMontifringilla adamsi Adams, 1859 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montifringilla henrici (Oustalet, 1892) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis (Linnaeus, 1766) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saxaul SparrowPasser ammodendri Gould, 1872 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somali SparrowPasser castanopterus Blyth, 1855 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Passer cordofanicus Heuglin, 1871 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Passer diffusus (A. Smith, 1836) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey (Hartlaub, 1880) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arabian Golden SparrowPasser euchlorus (Bonaparte, 1850) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain-backed SparrowPasser flaveolus Blyth, 1845 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensis (Oustalet, 1890) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus (Vieillot, 1817) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Passer hemileucus Ogilvie-Grant & H. O. Forbes, 1899 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Iago SparrowPasser iagoensis (Gould, 1838) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Socotra SparrowPasser insularis P. L. Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Passer italiae (Vieillot, 1817) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape SparrowPasser melanurus (Statius Muller, 1776) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus Tristram, 1864 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian SparrowPasser montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great SparrowPasser motitensis (A. Smith, 1836) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jungle SparrowPasser pyrrhonotus Blyth, 1845 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kenya SparrowPasser rufocinctus Fischer & Reichenow, 1884 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Russet SparrowPasser rutilans (Temminck, 1836) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Passer shelleyi Sharpe, 1891 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desert SparrowPasser simplex (Lichtenstein, 1823) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Passer suahelicus Reichenow, 1904 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii (Rüppell, 1840) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock SparrowPetronia petronia (Linnaeus, 1766) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sociable WeaverPhiletairus socius (Latham, 1790) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali A. Smith, 1836 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser rufoscapulatus Büttikofer, 1888 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus (Cretzschmar, 1827) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi (Bonaparte, 1850) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita cabanisi (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pyrgilauda davidiana J. Verreaux, 1870 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pyrgilauda theresae (Meinertzhagen, 1937) | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.