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Rick & José van der Weijde | profile | all galleries >> Photo Archive >> Birds (Vogels) >> Old World Sparrows and Snowfinches (Mussen en Sneeuwvinken) >> Rock Sparrow (Rotsmus) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map |
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.