Tree sparrow  (Passer montanus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Ploceidae
Genus Passer (1)
Size Length: 14 cm (2)
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Status

Included in the Birds of Conservation Concern (UK) Red List. Listed under Appendix III of the Bern Convention, and the EC Birds Directive. Protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (3).