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Sparrow
Skopelos island, North Sporades, Greece

 

Common Sparrow or House Sparrow  (Passer domesticus)

Abundant and closely associated with human habitation, it roosts socially and is gregarious, forming large folks often in company of other birds. Their nest is untidy, located in holes in walls, under roofs, in bushes, etc. The Common Sparrow or House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and the Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) are the only two sparrow species included in the family Ploceidae.

The Bible - Psalms
102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

  • Length: 15 cm

  • Description: Male has black bib and chest (in the spring), grey crown and reddish brown back with white wingbar. Female is buff with un-striped breast. 

  • Call: Monotonous and not musical.

 

 

 

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