page_title: List of birds of South Dakota
section_title: Old World sparrows
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of South Dakota / Old World sparrows
caption_attribution_description: Passer domesticus Author: Adam Kumiszcza
context_page_description: This list of birds of South Dakota includes species documented in the U.S. state of South Dakota and accepted by the South Dakota Ornithologists' Union. As of August 2017, 438 species were included in the official list. No additional species were recorded in eBird between that date and early July 2020. Of the 438, 85 are classed as accidental, 32 are classed as casual, six are hypothetical, and eight have been introduced to North America.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in South Dakota as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. These tags are used to annotate some species:
  Accidental - "Strays and vagrants, generally fewer than five or six state records" per the SDOU
  Casual - "Seen with some regularity, but not always annually" per the SDOU
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae
  Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small plump brownish or grayish birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects. Two species have been recorded in South Dakota.
  House sparrow, Passer domesticus (I)
  Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus (I) (A)
caption: House sparrow
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