House Sparrow vs Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat

Passer domesticus compared with Platyrrhinus ismaeli

Key Differences

House Sparrow is Least Concern while Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	House Sparrow	Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Passeridae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Passer	Platyrrhinus
Species	Passer domesticus	Platyrrhinus ismaeli

Evolutionary Relationship

House Sparrow and Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

House Sparrow

LC — Least Concern

Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	House Sparrow	Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

House Sparrow

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (25 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu), and South America (8 countries).

Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

House Sparrow

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.