Italian sparrow / Italiensperling (Passer italiae)

Italiensperling gerumpelt. 2023-06-19 10.26.08 Bolle di Magadino
Classification: Genus Passer; Family Sparrows (Passeridae)
Classification: It is intermediate between the house sparrow, and the Spanish sparrow, a species of the Mediterranean and Central Asia closely related to the house sparrow. [Link]
Within Switzerland it's mostly seen in Ticino.
Appearance and identification: Männchen ähnlich wie Haussperlng, doch mit braunem Scheitel, hellen Wangen und ausgedehnt schwarzer Kehle und Brust, die bis zu den Schultern reicht, angedeuteter weisser Augenstreif; Weibchen sind kaum von denjenigen des Haussperlings zu unterscheiden. [Link]
Habitats: Settlement

Song: Sounds like house sparrow to me
Song attributes: Melody: stereotype melodic, slow, Frequency: 2-5 KHz
Call: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording

♫ XC729736 - Italian Sparrow - Passer italiae - typical sparrowish swoop or fast falling 3-note call. Source: XENOCANTO XC729736 - Italian Sparrow - Passer italiae - typical sparrowish swoop or fast falling 3-note call.mp3 (call)


Call attributes: Frequency: ,
First documented observation : 2021-04-06 in Northern Lago Maggiore.