Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches

Italian Sparrow

Passer italiae

The Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae) is a 28 g town and farmland bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

28 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Granivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

7

Recorded in Italy, France, Switzerland, Greece, VA, Argentina, Slovenia.

Where to see it: Cortile della Pigna (Holy See); Vatican City (Holy See); Piazza San Pietro (Holy See); Gardens of Vatican City (Holy See); Ausa River shrublands (San Marino).

Photo: (c) Omar Bariffi, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist