House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)

Code 4

HOSP

Code 6

PASDOM

ITIS

179628

House Sparrow Female - The female House Sparrow lacks the black throat, is paler overall, and has a buff eye stripe. The bill is pale buff.

House Sparrow - The male House Sparrow has black-streaked brown upperparts and pale gray underparts. The wings are brown with a single white bar. The cheeks and crown are pale gray, contrasting with a black throat, upper breast, and bill.

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Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden.