---
title: "Rock Sparrow"
description: "Petronia petronia — Uccelli. The rock sparrow or rock petronia (Petronia petronia) is a small passerine bird in the sparrow family Passeridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/rock-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rock Sparrow

> Petronia petronia — Uccelli. The rock sparrow or rock petronia (Petronia petronia) is a small passerine bird in the sparrow family Passeridae.

- Scientific name: *Petronia petronia*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 4460
- Wikidata: [Q736313](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736313)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14076](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14076)

## Names

- en: Rock Sparrow
- de: Steinsperling
- es: Gorrión chillón
- fr: Moineau soulcie
- pt: Pardal-francês
- pl: Wróbel skalny

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1368), RU (663), FR (379), PT (240), IT (234), DZ (195), TR (170), AM (136), GE (122), CN (119), MA (103), MN (81)

## Summary

The rock sparrow or rock petronia (Petronia petronia) is a small passerine bird in the sparrow family Passeridae. It is the only species in the genus Petronia. It breeds on barren rocky hills from Madeira and the Canary Islands east through the Iberian Peninsula and western north Africa, across southern Europe and through southwestern and central Asia to Mongolia and the north and west of China. It is resident in the west of its range, but some Asian birds may migrate to more southerly areas, or move to lower altitudes in mountains, in winter.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_sparrow

## Photo

![Rock Sparrow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rock-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/161753780

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rock-sparrow?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).