Rock Sparrow
Petronia petronia (Linnaeus, 1766)
ROCSP 
16040
Family: Passeriformes > Passeridae
Found at high altitudes throughout southern Europe and central Asia, this normally sedentary species is an extremely rare visitor to Britain.
Rock Sparrow was added to the British List following a record of an individual at Cley, Norfolk, in June 1981.
Identification
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Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.
CONSERVATION STATUS
This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.
| Species of European Conservation Concern | Least Concern |
| IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (global) |
Least Concern 
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| Schedule 1 license required (to disturb) | No |
| Birds Directive Annex 1 | No |
POPULATION SIZE
We have no population estimates for this scarce species.
| BOU Category | A |
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First Record
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Norfolk, 1981 |
DISTRIBUTION
This vagrant has not been recorded in the UK for many decades and as such cannot be mapped.
Movement
Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.
RINGING RECOVERIES
View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.
Biology
Lifecycle and body size information about Rock Sparrow, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.
PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING
Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.
BIOMETRICS
Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.
Feather measurements and photos on featherbase
CODES & CLASSIFICATION
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Field Codes
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5-letter code: ROCSP | Euring: 16040 |
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- The effect of supplementary winter seed food on breeding populations of farmland birds: evidence from two large-scale experiments
- Long-term ecosystem effects of sand-binding vegetation in the Tengger Desert, northern China
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