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