Passeridae

E180323
bird family taxon

Passeridae is a family of small, seed-eating passerine birds commonly known as Old World sparrows, found across much of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Passeridae canonical 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName Old World sparrows ⓘ
true sparrows ⓘ
containsGenus Carpospiza ⓘ
Gymnoris ⓘ
Passer ⓘ
Passer simplex group ⓘ
Petronia ⓘ
diet insects ⓘ
seeds ⓘ
feedingBehavior ground foraging ⓘ
geographicDistribution Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
habitat farmland ⓘ
grassland ⓘ
open woodland ⓘ
urban areas ⓘ
introducedTo Americas ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Pacific Islands ⓘ
surface form: Pacific islands
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
morphologicalTrait stout body ⓘ
strong legs ⓘ
nestingSite buildings ⓘ
nest boxes ⓘ
tree cavities ⓘ
notableSpecies Gymnoris xanthocollis ⓘ
Passer domesticus ⓘ
Passer hispaniolensis ⓘ
Passer italiae ⓘ
Passer montanus ⓘ
Petronia petronia ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
primaryFoodSource grass seeds ⓘ
reproduction lays eggs in nests ⓘ
secondaryFoodSource arthropods ⓘ
socialBehavior gregarious ⓘ
often forms flocks ⓘ
suborder Passeri ⓘ
superfamily Passerida ⓘ
surface form: Passeroidea
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Passer ⓘ
typicalBillType conical bill ⓘ
typicalBodySize small ⓘ
typicalPlumage brownish ⓘ
vocalization simple chirps ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Passerida → includes → Passeridae ⓘ
Aves → hasSubgroup → Passeridae ⓘ