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An audio recording of a house sparrow. The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. It is a small bird that has a typical length of 16 cm (6.3 in) and a mass of 24–39.5 g (0.85–1.39 oz).
[2] [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). [3] [4] The name Passer is the Latin word for "sparrow." [5] A mixed group of Passer sparrows containing a Eurasian tree sparrow, a male house sparrow, and female house or Spanish sparrows, feeding on grain in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan
It is closely associated with human habitation and resides in both urban and rural areas. The house sparrow is a small bird with a typical length of 16 cm (6.3 in) and a mass of 24–39.5 g (0.85–1.39 oz). Females and young birds are coloured pale brown and grey, and males have brighter black, white, and brown markings.
Male house sparrow in Germany Yellow-throated sparrow at Keoladeo National Park, India Sparrow in Tharparkar, Sindh . Generally, Old World sparrows are small, plump, brown and grey birds with short tails and stubby, powerful beaks. The differences between sparrow species can be subtle.
This is in contrast to the house sparrow; in that species, fights to establish dominance are reduced by the display of the throat patch, the size of which acts as a signalling "badge" of fitness. [49] Although there is evidence that the black throat patch of male, but not female, tree sparrows predicts fighting success in foraging flocks. [50]
The female is nearly identical to the female house sparrow, but it differs from the female Spanish sparrow in its lack of black streaks on the underparts. [4] Albinism is occasionally recorded. [6] The Italian sparrow is about the same size as the house sparrow at 14–16 centimetres (5.5–6.3 in) in length. [7]
The work depicts one male and one female house sparrow, each between 4.5 and 5.5 m (15 and 18 ft) tall, [1] [2] or approximately 50 times life size. [4] The birds have been described as realistic and "massive yet friendly-looking".
The female is plumaged like the male, but is duller and has a grey head with a different pattern from the male, though it bears a hint of the pale head markings of the male. The juvenile is like the female, but young males have black markings on the head from an early age. [3] [6] The Cape sparrow's calls are chirps similar to those of the ...