Sparrows
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Passeridae
Sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed-eaters, and they also consume small insects. There are 35 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in India.
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus
- Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Petronia xanthocollis
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
- White-rumped Snowfinch Montifringilla taczanowskii
- Pere David's Snowfinch Montifringilla davidiana
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Montifringilla ruficollis (=Pyrgilauda ruficollis)
- Plain-backed Snowfinch Montifringilla blanfordi (=Pyrgilauda blanfordi)
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Famous quotes containing the word sparrows:
“It seemed as if the breezes brought him,
It seemed as if the sparrows taught him,
As if by secret sign he knew
Where in far fields the orchids grew.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“And now the sparrows warring in the eaves,
The curd-pale moon, the white stars in the sky,
And the loud chaunting of the unquiet leaves,
Are shaken with earth’s old and weary cry.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
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