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Northern grey-headed sparrow: Passer griseus: tropical Africa Swainson's sparrow: Passer swainsonii: northeastern Africa Swahili sparrow: Passer suahelicus: southern Kenya and Tanzania Parrot-billed sparrow: Passer gongonensis: eastern Africa Southern grey-headed sparrow: Passer diffusus: Angola and Zambia southwards into South Africa Sind ...
The red fox sparrow is a large sparrow with a length of 15–19 cm (6–7.5 in), wingspan of 27 cm (11 in) and an average weight of 32 grams (1.1 ounces). [7] [8] The head is gray with a rufus crown auriculars or ear coverts. Throat is white with a rufus lateral stripe on each side.
Birds of a pair copulate frequently until the female is laying eggs, and the male mounts the female repeatedly each time a pair mates. [133] The house sparrow is monogamous, and typically mates for life, but birds from pairs often engage in extra-pair copulations, so about 15% of house sparrow fledglings are unrelated to their mother's mate. [136]
The cardinal quelea is a small (about 10 centimetres or 3.9 inches long) sparrow-like bird with a short heavy black bill, that breeds in colonies. The male in breeding plumage has a red head extending onto the breast but not onto the streaked nape. The female has a yellowish face, brow stripes and throat.
Males in breeding plumage are usually colourful with bright red or yellow on the head and sometimes elsewhere. Non-breeding males and females are dull, sparrow-like birds with mostly grey-brown plumage. Fodies are typically found in forest, woodland or scrubland but some also occur in man
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The russet sparrow is also social at night during the winter, and it forms large communal roosts in trees and bushes. In the breeding season, the female roosts in the nests and the male nests in foliage nearby. [43] The adult russet sparrow is mostly a seed-eater, eating the seeds of herbs and weeds as well as rice, barley, and other grains.
The male's song, given from an open perch, consists of dry thin notes, but shows geographical variation. The subspecies P. r. ruficauda has a dry trill, while P. r. acuminata has a series of pechew double notes. The stripe-headed sparrow feeds on the ground mainly on grass seeds, but also takes some small insects and spiders. It is usually in ...