🐦Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Skovspurven (Passer montanus) er en spurv i ordenen af spurvefugle. Oprindeligt var den udbredt i Europa og Asien, men er siden indført til Nordamerika, Australien og New Zealand. Skovspurven er i Danmark næsten lige så almindelig en ynglefugl som gråspurv. Den er dog mere sky og lever i skovbryn og større haver og parker, og ikke i byernes tætte bebyggelser. Skovspurven lever i langt mindre grad af korn end gråspurven, oftere af insekter eller frø fra vilde planter, især pileurt.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 0.02 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 13 years
Everything we know about the Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.02 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.02 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.07 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.01 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan13 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation13 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 5AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelOmnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatWoodlandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Eurasian Tree Sparrow yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPasseriformes
- ›familyPasseridae
- ›genusPasser
- ›speciesPasser montanus
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
- genusPasser
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
- genusPasser
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