Dead Sea Sparrow
Passer moabiticus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passeridae
- Genus
- Passer
- eBird Code
- desspa1
Subspecies (2)
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Passer moabiticus moabiticus
Cyprus, southern Türkiye southward to Israel and Jordan, and eastward to Iraq, southwestern Iran; primarily resident, but some winter southward to Egypt and to the United Arab Emirates
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Passer moabiticus yatii
eastern Iran and adjacent southwestern Afghanistan
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.