Spanish Sparrow

The Spanish Sparrow is a rather large sparrow. at 15 to 16 centimetres in length, and a weight of 22 to 36 grams . It is slightly larger and heavier than House Sparrows, and also has a slightly longer and stouter bill.

The Spanish Sparrow is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The range of the Spanish Sparrow, with breeding range in green, wintering range in blue, the Italian Sparrow's range in purple and hybrid zones shown in other colours The Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis, also known as the Willow Sparrow, is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is found in the Mediterranean region and southwest and central Asia. More

the House or the Spanish sparrow occurs, or both, with some degree of hybridisation. In North Africa, the two species hybridise extensively, forming highly variable mixed populations with a full range of characters from pure House Sparrows to pure Spanish Sparrows and everything between. In much of Italy there is a type of sparrow apparently intermediate between the House and Spanish sparrows, known as the Italian Sparrow. It resembles a hybrid between the two species, and is in other respects intermediate. More

Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Sulaibikhat Nature Reserve, Kuwait. 06 February 2006 Spanish Sparrows are “very common winter visitors” to Kuwait, with a highest daily count of 1500 being made at Jahra Farms on 11th Jan 2002 (George Gregory, ‘The Birds of the State of Kuwait’, 2005).There a few small scattered breeding colonies in Kuwait, and a number of records of birds building nests and abandoning them before breeding. More

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The Spanish Sparrow is a rather large sparrow. at 15 to 16 centimetres (5.9 More

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Spanish sparrow perched on a rock© Juniors Bildarchiv / www.osfimages.com Female Spanish sparrow feeding© Robin Chittenden / www.flpa-images.co.uk Male Spanish sparrow feeding on grass seed© Jan Svetlik Male Spanish sparrow feeding on seeds© Richard Brooks / www.flpa-images.co.uk Spanish sparrow feeding on ground© George McCarthy / naturepl.com Group of spanish sparrows roosting© George Reszeter / www.ardea.com A flock of Spanish sparrows roosting© Roger Powell / naturepl. More

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Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) breeding in the Po Delta, NE Italy. More

Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis - Spanish Sparrow (Male) Passer hispaniolensis; copyright Sujan Chatterjee; 2004 Spanish Sparrow (Male) Passer hispaniolensis; copyright Sujan Chatterjee; 2004 Spanish Sparrow (Female) Passer hispaniolensis; copyright Mike Prince; 2004 Polytypic Size: 15 cm (6 in) Description: Male Above, crown and nape chestnut. More

The Spanish Sparrow is a bird that was introduced into Madeira, and it is marked by an accentuated sexual dimorphism. The male has a cap the colour of chocolate, with a white stripe over the eye, the throat and breast being black. Its cheeks are white and there are white stripes on its black dorsum. The colour of the female is lighter and more uniform, a grey-brown colour, with a striped flank and darker wings. It also has a yellow superciliary stripe. More

The male Spanish Sparrow has darker, sharper markings than the northern House Sparrow, a bandit mask and an all-brown "hairstyle" The female Spanish Sparrow also has stronger markings than her northern House Sparrow counterpart The juvenile Spanish Sparrow also has stronger markings than the northern House Sparrow counterpart More

Spanish Sparrow - Passer hispaniolensis Moineau espagnol = Moineau espagnol Comment : Sariska Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India on 4th Nov, 2005. More

* Spanish Sparrow An adult male singing on a wall Kamarina, Ragusa Province, Sicily, Italy Pascal Vagner 17 May 2009 17 weeks ago 3 * Two adults standing in a palm tree. Figuig, Figuig Province, Morocco (ssp hispaniolensis) Christophe Gouraud 8 February 2009 32 weeks ago 3 * A pair in winter plumage. More