Old World Sparrows
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Passeridae
Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small plump brownish or greyish birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed-eaters, but they also climb, and chase and consume small insects. There are 35 species world wide, and 2 North American species. The House Sparrow is overly common in SW Arizona.
- ( * SW) House Sparrow, Passer domesticus– (I)
- Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus, ("Eurasian Tree Sparrow"), (Illinois and Missouri)– (I)
- See Old World sparrows–(Passeridae)
Read more about this topic: List Of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona)
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