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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).
The spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been debated in recent decades, and until 1995 this bird and the eastern towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee. [2] Another outdated name for the spotted towhee is the Oregon towhee (Pipilo maculatus oregonus). The call ...
The chipping sparrow lays a clutch of two to seven pale blue to white eggs with black, brown, or purple markings. They are about 17 by 12 millimetres (0.67 by 0.47 in), and incubated by the female for 10 to 15 days. [7] The chipping sparrow is often brood parasitized by brown-headed cowbirds, usually resulting in the nest being abandoned. [6]
The bulky nest is attached to marsh vegetation, often just above the ground or surface of the water with leaves or grass arching over the top. The female builds a new nest each year and lays an average of four eggs per clutch. [3] Females give a series of chips as they leave the nest, probably to ward off attacks by their mate or neighboring males.
Adult female in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Kestrel resting in an apple tree. Illustration of Falco sparverius Linnaeus: American kestrel by Ann Lee painted between 1770 to 1800 The American kestrel ( Falco sparverius ), is the smallest and most common falcon in North America.
The Eurasian tree sparrow's untidy nest is built in a natural cavity, a hole in a building, or the disused nest of a European magpie or white stork. The typical clutch is five or six eggs which hatch in under two weeks. This sparrow feeds mainly on seeds, but invertebrates are also consumed, particularly during the breeding season.
Cape sparrow Male in Roodepoort, South Africa Female in Sossusvlei, Namibia Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae Genus: Passer Species: P. melanurus Binomial name Passer melanurus (Statius Müller, 1776) Range Synonyms Loxia melanura Statius Müller, 1776 ...
Passer is a genus of sparrows, also known as the true sparrows.The genus contains 28 species and includes the house sparrow and the Eurasian tree sparrow, two of the most common birds in the world.