Species profile
Dead Sea Sparrow
Passer moabiticus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are sc subtropical Palearctic in riparian vegetation and irrigation: s Turkey and Cyprus to sw Afghanistan, in s to e Israel, w Jordan, c Iraq and sw Iran. Non breeding regions are short-range southward movement.
- Scientific name
- Passer moabiticus
- Family
- Passeridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Passer
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Dead Sea Sparrow in your journal
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- Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)
- Chestnut Sparrow (Passer eminibey)