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| − | 15-16cm. Red-brown | + | 15-16cm. Red-brown crown, white cheeks, black back, and underparts heavily streaked with black. The female is almost identical to the [[House Sparrow]], only distinguishable by its slightly heavier build. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Cape Verde]], the [[Canary Islands]], [[Madeira]], northern [[Africa]], western [[Spain]], [[Sardinia]], [[Sicily]], [[Malta]], Crete,the Balkans, and across southwest and central [[Asia]] from [[Turkey]] east to westernmost [[China]]. | [[Cape Verde]], the [[Canary Islands]], [[Madeira]], northern [[Africa]], western [[Spain]], [[Sardinia]], [[Sicily]], [[Malta]], Crete,the Balkans, and across southwest and central [[Asia]] from [[Turkey]] east to westernmost [[China]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:13, 18 December 2008
- Passer hispaniolensis
Identification
15-16cm. Red-brown crown, white cheeks, black back, and underparts heavily streaked with black. The female is almost identical to the House Sparrow, only distinguishable by its slightly heavier build.
Distribution
Cape Verde, the Canary Islands, Madeira, northern Africa, western Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Crete,the Balkans, and across southwest and central Asia from Turkey east to westernmost China.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Trees near rivers or other wet areas in farmland.
Behaviour
The diet includes seeds.
3-8 eggs are laid and incubated for 12 days; the chicks fledge when about 14 days old.
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Passer hispaniolensis (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
