What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Spanish Sparrow been recorded?

Passer hispaniolensis occurrence evidence comes from 1,694 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1887 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

Spanish Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow — Photo (display-sized rendition): Francesco Canu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesPasseridaePasser

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,694 records across 30 countries and territories, 1887–2026.

Passer hispaniolensis · GBIF taxon key 5231209

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18872026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Spanish Sparrow has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Spanish Sparrow. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Spain 1,135
Afghanistan 207
Sweden 64
Greece 43
Cabo Verde 41
Italy 26
Kuwait 24
Israel 16
Tunisia 16
Western Sahara 13
Iran 13
Morocco 12
Serbia 10
Bulgaria 8
Portugal 8
Türkiye 8
Malta 7
Jordan 6
Pakistan 5
Russia 5
France 4
Croatia 4
India 4
Iraq 4
Egypt 3
Kazakhstan 3
Romania 2
Albania 1
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1
Cyprus 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.