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[14] [15] The feathers in its wings and tail are dark brown with paler edges (white in the tail). [15] In alternate plumage (during the breeding season), the male has extensive black on its chin, throat and the front of its face. It loses most or all of this black during the nonbreeding season; the oldest males may retain some black flecking.
American tree sparrow; American white ibis; ... Blue-crowned racket-tail; Blue-crowned trogon; ... Hair-crested drongo; Hairy woodpecker;
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 golden-crowned sparrow is one of five species in the genus Zonotrichia, a group of large American sparrows. [2] It has no subspecies. [3] It is a sister species with, and very closely related to, the white-crowned sparrow; studies of mitochondrial DNA show the two evolved into separate species very recently in geologic time.
[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
Close-up of a white-throated sparrow head, with bright white throat and yellow lore White-throated sparrows prefer to forage on the ground. The white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. It breeds in northern North America and winters in the southern United States.
The yellow-browed sparrow is a small American sparrow, measuring 13 cm (5 in) in length, [9] with a mass between 14.5 and 19 g (0.5 and 0.7 oz). [10] Sexes are similarly plumaged, though males average very slightly larger than females. [2]
Also, covert feathers; tectrices – singular: tectrix. A layer of non-flight feathers overlaying and protecting the quills of flight feathers. At least one layer of covert feathers appear both above and beneath the flight feathers of the wings as well as above and below the rectrices of the tail. [116] These feathers may vary widely in size.