Passer euchlorus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The Arabian golden sparrow (Passer euchlorus) is a sparrow found in south west Arabia and also the coast of Somalia and Djibouti where it occurs in thorn savannah and scrub habitats. It is sometimes considered as a subspecies of the Sudan golden sparrow (Passer luteus).
It is sometimes kept as a pet. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Riyadh | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Arabian Golden Sparrow sighting in Riyadh on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 74th most-seen of the 78 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Arabian Golden Sparrow in Riyadh on a given day, against under 5% in February–May, July–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Arabian Golden Sparrow sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Riyadh, in our data
Riyadh is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Arabian Golden Sparrow sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Passer
The closest relatives of the Arabian Golden Sparrow that you can see in Riyadh (genus Passer, True Sparrows) are House Sparrow (about 90%) and Spanish Sparrow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Arabian Golden Sparrow is recorded against all the birds logged in Riyadh (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
