Eurasian tree sparrow
Amazing fact
The Eurasian tree sparrow makes a variety of calls, including chirps and buzzing notes.
日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN
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The Eurasian tree sparrow makes a variety of calls, including chirps and buzzing notes.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Eurasian tree sparrow
- Scientific name
- Passer montanus
- Japanese name
- スズメ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passeridae
- Genus
- Passer
It lives all over Japan, always close to where people live, and is closely tied to human life.
Its head and back are chestnut brown, with a black patch on each cheek. Young birds have paler cheek patches.
On the ground it hops along with both feet together. It eats grass seeds, insects and other food.
How the Eurasian tree sparrow lives
During breeding season, it nests in gaps in roofs and walls of houses. In autumn, flocks visit rice paddies. Young birds are thought to move to other places in autumn.
東京都建設局環境省生物多様性センター日本野鳥の会 BIRD FANBasic data
- Size
- Total length: 14.5 cmWingspan: 22.5 cm日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN
- Diet
- Grass seeds, insects and other foods国土交通省 山国川河川事務所
- Range
- Japan国土交通省 山国川河川事務所
Where the Eurasian tree sparrow has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- スズメ
- 简体中文
- 麻雀
- 繁體中文
- 麻雀
- 한국어
- 참새
- Español
- Gorrión molinero
- Français
- Moineau friquet
- Deutsch
- Feldsperling
- Português (Brasil)
- Pardal-montês
- Italiano
- Passera mattugia
- हिन्दी
- यूरेशियाई वृक्ष गौरैया
- العربية
- عصفور الشجر الأوراسي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Burung-gereja erasia
- Русский
- Полевой воробей
- Türkçe
- Orman serçesi
- ไทย
- นกกระจอกบ้าน
- বাংলা
- ইউরেশীয় গেছোচড়ুই
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN — スズメChecked: 2026-11-03
- 国土交通省 山国川河川事務所 — 山国川の鳥図鑑 スズメChecked: 2026-11-03
- 環境省生物多様性センター — スズメChecked: 2026-11-05
- 東京都建設局 — スズメChecked: 2026-11-05
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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