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=== Species === The family contains 43 [[species]] divided into eight genera:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2018 | title=Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers | work=World Bird List Version 8.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/weavers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=8 May 2018 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Genus !! Living species |- |[[File:Cinnamon Ibon (cropped2).jpg|120px]] |''[[Hypocryptadius]]'' || *[[Cinnamon ibon]] (''Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus'') |- |[[File:Carpospiza brachydactyla (cropped).jpg|120px]] |''[[Carpospiza]]'' | *[[Pale rockfinch]] (''Carpospiza brachydactyla'') |- |[[File:Petronia petronia -Ariege, Midi-Pyrenee, France-8-4c.jpg|120px]] |''[[Petronia]]'' | *[[Rock sparrow]] (''Petronia petronia'') |- |[[File:White-rumped Snowfinch north Sikkim India 15.10.2019.jpg|120px]] |''[[Onychostruthus]]'' | *[[White-rumped snowfinch]] (''Onychostruthus taczanowskii'') |- |[[File:A Tibetan Snowfinch juvenile - Tso Moriri, Ladakh, Jammu Kashmir India.jpg|120px]] |''[[Montifringilla]]'' | *[[Tibetan snowfinch]] (''Montifringilla henrici'') *[[White-winged snowfinch]] (''Montifringilla nivalis'') *[[Black-winged snowfinch]] (''Montifringilla adamsi'') |- |[[File:Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 18.10.2015.jpg|120px]] |''[[Pyrgilauda]]'' | *[[Afghan snowfinch]] (''Pyrgilauda theresae'') *[[Rufous-necked snowfinch]] (''Pyrgilauda ruficollis'') *[[Père David's snowfinch]] (''Pyrgilauda davidiana'') *[[Blanford's snowfinch]] (''Pyrgilauda blanfordi'') |- |[[File:Chestnut-shouldered petronia IMG 4865.jpg|120px]] |''[[Gymnoris]]'' | *[[Yellow-spotted bush sparrow]] (''Gymnoris pyrgita'') *[[Yellow-throated bush sparrow]] (''Gymnoris superciliaris'') *[[Sahel bush sparrow]] (''Gymnoris dentata'') *[[Yellow-throated sparrow]] (''Gymnoris xanthocollis'') |- |[[File:Passer domesticus male (15).jpg|120px]]|| ''[[Passer]]'', the true sparrows || *[[Cape sparrow]] (''Passer melanurus'') *[[Chestnut sparrow]] (''Passer eminibey'') *[[Kordofan sparrow]] (''Passer cordofanicus'') *[[Shelley's sparrow]] (''Passer shelleyi'') *[[Kenya sparrow]] (''Passer rufocinctus'') *[[Great sparrow]] (''Passer motitensis'') *[[Northern grey-headed sparrow]] (''Passer griseus'') *[[Swainson's sparrow]] (''Passer swainsonii'') *[[Swahili sparrow]] (''Passer suahelicus'') *[[Parrot-billed sparrow]] (''Passer gongonensis'') *[[Southern grey-headed sparrow]] (''Passer diffusus'') *[[Sind sparrow]] (''Passer pyrrhonotus'') *[[Russet sparrow]] (''Passer cinnamomeus'') *[[Eurasian tree sparrow]] (''Passer montanus'') *[[Saxaul sparrow]] (''Passer ammodendri'') *[[Plain-backed sparrow]] (''Passer flaveolus'') *[[Abd al-Kuri sparrow]] (''Passer hemileucus'') *[[Socotra sparrow]] (''Passer insularis'') *[[Spanish sparrow]] (''Passer hispaniolensis'') *[[Italian sparrow]] (''Passer italiae'') *[[House sparrow]] (''Passer domesticus'') *[[Somali sparrow]] (''Passer castanopterus'') *[[Iago sparrow]] (''Passer iagoensis'') *[[Desert sparrow]] (''Passer simplex'') *[[Zarudny's sparrow]] (''Passer zarudnyi'') *[[Arabian golden sparrow]] (''Passer euchlorus'') *[[Sudan golden sparrow]] (''Passer luteus'') *[[Dead Sea sparrow]] (''Passer moabiticus'') |- |}
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