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Rock Sparrow (Rotsmus)


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Rock Sparrow - Petronia petronia - Rotsmus
North-Africa and South-Europe to Central-Asia.

The following 7 subspecies are being recognized:
Petronia petronia petronia - Madeira, Canary Islands and South-Europe to West-Turkey;
Petronia petronia barbara - Northwest-Africa;
Petronia petronia puteicola - South-Turkey to Jordan;
Petronia petronia exigua - Central-Turkey to the Caucasus, North-Iran and North-Iraq;
Petronia petronia kirhizica - Caspian Sea to Kyrgyzstan;
Petronia petronia intermedia - Iran and North-Afghanistan to Northwest-China;
Petronia petronia brevirostris - Mongolia, Southcentral-Siberia and North- and Central-China.

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.


Rock SparrowPetronia petronia barbara
Rock Sparrow
Petronia petronia barbara