Spur (bird)

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(Reguidit frae Hoose sparrae)

Spug
Male
Female
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Faimily: Passeridae
Genus: Passer
Species: P. domesticus
Binomial name
Passer domesticus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
   Native range
   Introduced range
Synonyms[2]

Fringilla domestica Linnaeus, 1758
Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Brisson, 1760
Pyrgita domestica (Linnaeus, 1758) G. Cuvier, 1817
Passer indicus Jardine an Selby, 1835
Passer arboreus Bonaparte, 1850 (preoccupied)
Passer confucius Bonaparte, 1853
Passer rufidorsalis C. L. Brehm, 1855
Passer engimaticus Zarudny, 1903
Passer ahasvar Kleinschmidt, 1904

The spug (whiles kent as a speug, hoose sparra (Passer domesticus), or spurg), is a bird o the sparrae faimily Passeridae, foond in maist pairts o the warld.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Passer domesticus". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2014. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Summers-Smith 1988, pp. 307–313