House Sparrow now English Sparrow subspecies?

Looks like somebody renamed it to European House Sparrow recently.

Very happy with this because it preserves the goofy observations of any House Sparrows in houses, which makes more sense than English Sparrows in houses (see: Geralds of the World)

On a more serious note, why not Common House Sparrow for the subspecies? I know it’s a point of contention in If you could rename an existing species, but maybe it makes sense here?

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