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Other early names include diamond sparrow, bank diamond and diamond dyke, the last two relating to its nest burrows in riverbanks. [5] Indigenous people from lowlands and Perth districts of southern Western Australia knew it as widopwidop and bilyabit , though the terms were also used for the striated pardalote. [ 6 ]
The diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) is a species of estrildid finch that is endemic to Australia. It has a patchy distribution and generally occupies drier forests and grassy woodlands west of the Great Dividing Range from South East Queensland to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
The Spanish sparrow or willow sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is found in the Mediterranean region and south-west and central Asia . It is very similar to the closely related house sparrow , and the two species show their close relation in a "biological mix-up" of hybridisation in the ...
Rufous-collared sparrow: south-east of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and on the island of Hispaniola Zonotrichia querula: Harris's sparrow: north part of central Canada (primarily the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, ranging slightly into northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan) †Zonotrichia robusta: Miramar Formation, Argentina (Pleistocene) [3]
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.
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It covers an area of 260 square kilometres (102 sq mi). Its name was derived from the Edeowie Homestead and ultimately from “an Aboriginal word meaning diamond sparrow water, from "ethie" meaning diamond sparrow and "owie" meaning water.” It is located entirely within the locality of Flinders Ranges. [12] [15]
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.