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Dead sea sparrow

Passer moabiticus Tristram, 1864

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The dead sea sparrow (Passer moabiticus) is a species in the family Passeridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16.5 g to 18 g and live up to 7.25 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Dead sea sparrow (Passer moabiticus)
Photo: Dûrzan cîrano · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the dead sea sparrow

Weight
16.5 g – 18 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
7.25 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

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Dead sea sparrow (Passer moabiticus)
Dûrzan cîrano · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the dead sea sparrow live?

Not recorded

What is the dead sea sparrow?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Dead Sea sparrow (Passer moabiticus) is a species of bird in the Old World sparrow family Passeridae, with one subspecies breeding in parts of the West Asia and another in western Afghanistan and eastern Iran. The eastern subspecies P. m. yatii is sometimes considered a separate species known as Yate's sparrow.

From the Wikipedia article “Dead Sea sparrow” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dead_Sea_sparrow&oldid=1380736175), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the dead sea sparrow endangered?

The dead sea sparrow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the dead sea sparrow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPasseridae
  6. genusPasser
  7. SpeciesPasser moabiticus Tristram, 1864
Other names and names in other languages (47)
  • دوري البحر الميتArabic
  • Палестинско врабчеBulgarian
  • Pardal del MoabCatalan
  • pardal del mar MortCatalan
  • vrabec moabskýCzech
  • golfan y Môr MarwWelsh
  • Dødehavs SpurvDanish
  • Dødehavs-spurvDanish
  • MoabsperlingGerman
  • Moab-SperlingGerman
  • Μεσανατολικός ΣπουργίτηςGreek
  • moaba paseroEsperanto
  • Tamarika paseroEsperanto
  • Gorrión del Mar MuertoSpanish
  • tamariskivarblaneEstonian
  • گنجشک رودخانه ایPersian
  • tamariskivarpunenFinnish
  • Moineau de la mer MorteFrench
  • Gealbhan marbhmhuiríIrish
  • דרור ירדןHebrew
  • דרור הירדןHebrew
  • mrtvomorski vrabacCroatian
  • tamariszkuszverébHungarian
  • ÞyrnispörIcelandic
  • Passera del Mar MortoItalian
  • Passero del Mar MortoItalian
  • ペルシアスズメJapanese
  • Beytika biçûkKurdish
  • geltonskruostis žvirblisLithuanian
  • krūmāju zvirbulisLatvian
  • MoabmusDutch
  • tamariskspurvNorwegian
  • wróbel palestyńskiPolish
  • مریا سمندر چڑیWestern Panjabi
  • pardal-do-levantePortuguese
  • pardal-do-mar-mortoPortuguese
  • Мессопотамский воробейRussian
  • TamariskacihciNorthern Sami
  • vrabec tamariškovýSlovak
  • palestinski vrabecSlovenian
  • Mesopotamski vrabacSerbian
  • tamarisksparvSwedish
  • Küçük SerçeTurkish
  • Çalı serçesiTurkish
  • Ölü Deniz SerçesiTurkish
  • горобець месопотамськийUkrainian
  • 死海麻雀Chinese

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Relatives of the dead sea sparrow

Other species in the same genus Passer.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the dead sea sparrow?

An adult dead sea sparrow weighs 16.5 g – 18 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the dead sea sparrow endangered?

The dead sea sparrow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the dead sea sparrow live?

The dead sea sparrow has a recorded lifespan of 7.25 years.

What kind of animal is the dead sea sparrow?

The dead sea sparrow (Passer moabiticus) belongs to the family Passeridae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{dead_sea_sparrow_2026,
  title = {Dead sea sparrow (Passer moabiticus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dead-sea-sparrow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}