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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Passeridae > Genus: Petronia > Species: Petronia petronia > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Petronia petronia madeirensis Erlanger, 1899

Rock Sparrow - Petronia petronia (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Secure
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	33 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	agricultural mosaics sparsely vegetated land
Natura 2000 species code	A357

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000073	Spain	Costa Brava de Mallorca	Map
ES0000074	Spain	Cap de cala Figuera	Map
ES0000081	Spain	Cap Enderrocat - Cap Blanc	Map
ES0000084	Spain	Ses Salines d'Eivissa i Formentera	Map
ES0000334	Spain	Sierras Centrales y Embalse de Alange	Map
ES0000335	Spain	Sierras de Peñalsordo y Capilla	Map
IT1110026	Italy	Champlas - Colle Sestriere	Map
IT1110031	Italy	Valle Thuras	Map
IT5210071	Italy	Monti Sibillini (versante umbro)	Map
IT7110128	Italy	Parco Nazionale Gran Sasso - Monti della Laga	Map
IT7110202	Italy	Gran Sasso	Map
IT7110205	Italy	Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo	Map
IT7130031	Italy	Fonte di Papa	Map
IT7140203	Italy	Maiella	Map
IT9110008	Italy	Valloni e Steppe Pedegarganiche	Map
IT9210205	Italy	Monte Volturino	Map
IT9210220	Italy	Murge di S. Oronzio	Map
PTMAD0002	Portugal	Maciço Montanhoso Central da Ilha da Madeira	Map
PTMAD0003	Portugal	Ponta de S. Lourenço	Map
PTZPE0041	Portugal	Maciço Montanhoso Oriental da Ilha da Madeira	Map
ITB022212	Italy	Supramonte di Oliena, Orgosolo e Urzulei - Su Sercone	Map
IT9210270	Italy	Appennino Lucano, Monte Volturino	Map
IT7110208	Italy	Monte Calvo e Colle Macchialunga	Map
IT9210180	Italy	Monte della Madonna di Viggiano	Map
IT9110026	Italy	Monte Calvo - Piana di Montenero	Map
IT9110014	Italy	Monte Saraceno	Map
IT7228226	Italy	Macchia Nera - Colle Serracina	Map
IT5210063	Italy	Monti Coscerno - Civitella - Aspra (sommità)	Map
IT9210271	Italy	Appennino Lucano, Valle Agri, Monte Sirino, Monte Raparo	Map
ES5310127	Spain	Costa Brava de Tramuntana	Map
ES5310128	Spain	Cap Enderrocat i cap Blanc	Map
ES0000534	Spain	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla y El Cachón de Plasencia	Map
PTZPE0064	Portugal	Ponta de S. Lourenço	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Gorrión Chillón	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kalliovarpunen	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kövi veréb	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Moineau soulcie	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pardal-francês	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Passera lagia	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rock Sparrow	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rotsmus	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Steinsperling	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Stensparv	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Vrabec skalní	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Wróbel skalny	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Passer petronia	(Linnaeus, 1766)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:16040	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

16 items found, displaying all items.1

Country	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Albania	300/1000 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Andorra	15/30 (pairs)	1999-2001	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Armenia	10000/25000 (pairs)	1999-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Azerbaijan	2000/15000 (pairs)	1996-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Azerbaijan	8000/60000 (individuals)	1996-2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bulgaria	15/100 (pairs)	1996-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
France	15000/75000 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Georgia	Present/Present (pairs)	2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	5000/10000 (individuals)	1995-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	2000/5000 (pairs)	1995-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Italy	10000/20000 (pairs)	2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Macedonia (FYR)	2000/5000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Portugal	10000/100000 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Russian Federation	5000/15000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Spain	825000/1150000 (pairs)	1992	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Turkey	800000/2400000 (pairs)	2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2