List of Birds of Oklahoma - Old World Sparrows

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, and they also consume small insects.

  • House Sparrow, Passer domesticus (I)

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