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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.
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).
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 ...
In the female cat, the genitalia includes the uterus, the vagina, the genital passages and teats. [dubious – discuss] Together with the vulva, the vagina of the cat is involved in mating and provides a channel for newborns during parturition, or birth. The vagina is long and wide. [34] Genital passages are the oviducts of the cat. They are ...
The Kenya sparrow (Passer rufocinctus), also known as the Kenya rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in Kenya and Tanzania. It tends to be found in dry wooded savannah and agricultural areas. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Some authorities have lumped the great sparrow ( P. motitensis ), the Kenya sparrow, and the Socotra sparrow ( P. insularis ) into P. motitensis ...
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.
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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.