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House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Year-round in Virginia, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 1 habitat found here.

Seasons here
Year-round
Breeding
Breeding
Range
133 of 133 counties
Habitats
1

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Virginia
Year-round
Breeding
Breeding
Counties in known range
133 of 133
Habitat models
Year-round

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Year-round model

Habitats in Virginia 1

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Year-roundDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay
Other habitats in its models (4)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia.

  • Developed, Low Intensity Year-round
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Year-round
  • Developed, High Intensity Year-round
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Year-round

Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.

Seasons in Virginia

Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps

  • Year-round. Breeding and nonbreeding. Introduced. Range includes 133 of 133 counties and cities

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 150

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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