Rock sparrow

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Rock sparrow – Petronia petronia – or Rock petronia is a small resident Eurasian passerine of Type – granivore, Family Passeridae and Order Passeriformes. It is resident in mountainous areas from NW Africa, Iberia and S Europe to central China. In the AWB Region it is resident in the N Maghreb states, NW Libya, the Levant, Turkey, S Caucasus and Iran, and there are a few small wintering areas in Syria.

Type - granivore  - flocks in winter,
Resident Habitat - rocky open mountainous areas,

Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passeridae
Genus:	Petronia

Species - Petronia petronia
Rock sparrow - Species - ebird.org
Rock sparrow - Species sheet - wikipedia.org
Rock sparrow - Birds - vogelwarte.ch
Rock sparrow - Database - avibase
Rock sparrow - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org

Additional Material...
Rock sparrow - Images - google.com
Rock sparrow - Video - youtube.com
Rock sparrow - Datazone - birdlife.org


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