Bird feeder visitor – house sparrow
Submitted by Looduskalender on 18 January 2009 - 10:29pm
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Photo: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis, from Forum
Translation: Liis, from Forum
House sparrows.
At the bird feeder house sparrows behave like greenfinches: they come to have a meal, not only just to grab something to eat and then rush off.
The body plumage of male birds is clearer-coloured, chestnut brown back with some yellow and black. Females have duller back plumage, in grey, black and beige. Both have a white band and black streaks on the brown wings. The underparts are grey.
The male has a black chin patch that females lack, crown is grey, a brown arched stripe from the eye. A female sparrow’s head is brownish, and the browstripe is not so dark.
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
At the bird feeder house sparrows behave like greenfinches: they come to have a meal, not only just to grab something to eat and then rush off.
The body plumage of male birds is clearer-coloured, chestnut brown back with some yellow and black. Females have duller back plumage, in grey, black and beige. Both have a white band and black streaks on the brown wings. The underparts are grey.
The male has a black chin patch that females lack, crown is grey, a brown arched stripe from the eye. A female sparrow’s head is brownish, and the browstripe is not so dark.
