Summary ³

L 6” Wt. 1oz
Description: The adult male House Sparrow is multi-colored with a gray head, white cheek, black bib, and reddish neck. The females have a light brown body.

Habitat: Found everywhere and a very common sight in habituated areas.

Fun Facts: An introduced species, the House Sparrow is chunkier then our native sparrow species.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) islandstewards, all rights reserved
2. (c) Lip Kee Yap, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/64565252@N00/440570894
3. Adapted by islandstewards from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passer_domesticus

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CalPhotos
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

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