🐾 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus · wildlife atlas entry

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The Eurasian tree sparrow ( Passer montanus ) is a passerine bird in the sparrow family with a rich chestnut crown and nape, and a black patch on each pure white cheek. The sexes are similarly plumaged, and young birds are a duller version of the adult. This sparrow breeds over most of temperate Eurasia and Southeast Asia, where it is known as the tree sparrow , and it has been introduced elsewhere including the United States, where it... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Eurasian Tree Sparrow — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Дмитрий Осипов, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Дмитрий Осипов · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Passer montanus
Rank	species
Community observations	161,057 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Aves › order Passeriformes › family Passeridae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Eurasian Tree Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Jistebník, Česko
(c) Murkossix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eurasian Tree Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Hamyang-eup, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
(c) Rob Macfie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eurasian Tree Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-23 · Kampong Glam, Singapore
(c) robandriesleon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eurasian Tree Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Выборгский р-н, Ленинградская обл., Россия
(c) Andrey Petrov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eurasian Tree Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Marina South, Singapore
(c) Ultraman Max, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eurasian Tree Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2009-02-28 · Rausu, Menashi District, Hokkaido 086-1816, Japan
(c) alanvannorman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Eurasian Tree Sparrow photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Кунгур, Пермский край, Россия
(c) Masha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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