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House Sparrow

Passer domesticus (Linnaeus 1758)

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Passer domesticus (House Sparrow) is a species of birds in the family Old World sparrows. It is associated with freshwater habitat. It is native to United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Northern Africa, India, Europe, Russia, Africa, Myanmar, and Middle East. House Sparrow is a diurnal insectivore. Individuals can grow to 34.5 g. Reproduction is dioecious. House Sparrow has parental care (cooperative breeding). It relies on flight to move around.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2635167

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21195

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/7729887

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/1269750

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255148

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2017370

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255146

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q836

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6269133

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088
Definition: organism that eats insects.

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681
Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/CooperativeBreeding
Definition: The species regularly breeds cooperatively, with nonparents providing care.
Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367
Definition: self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement

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EOL has data for 35 attributes, including:

body mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001259
- Definition: The amount of matter in the body of an organism.
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1.05 oz
body temperature
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2871-4249
- Definition: The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, temperature is measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter, expressed in terms of units or degrees designated on a standard scale.
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109.4 degrees Fahrenheit
clutch/brood/litter size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001933
- Definition: Single birth offspring quantity. The proportion or number of offspring produced from a single pregnancy (mammals) or ovulation (fish) or nesting (birds).
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5
eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Prosopis (mesquite)
egg mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EggMass
- Definition: The amount of matter in the egg stage of an organism, after laying or spawning.
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0.09 oz
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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forest edge
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/forestEdge
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has pathogen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002557
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Alphavirus
is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Lanius excubitor Linnaeus 1758 (Great Grey Shrike)
prenatal development duration
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrenatalDevelopmentDuration
- Definition: The duration of the development from fertilized, deposited or implanted egg to hatching/birth. Corresponds to egg incubation duration in oviparous animals and to gestation period duration in viviparous animals.
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13 days
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Accipiter striatus Vieillot 1808 (Sharp-shinned hawk)
preys on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Passer domesticus (Linnaeus 1758) (House Sparrow)
trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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insectivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088
- Definition: organism that eats insects.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of House Sparrow. View this species on GBIF

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House Sparrow includes 12 children: