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 8 species which occur in Turkey.
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Petronia xanthocollis
- Rock Petronia Petronia petronia
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Turkey
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)
“The wild beasts, sparrows pecking the llamas’ grain,
Pigeons settling on the bears’ bread, buzzards
Tearing the meat the flies have clouded. . . .”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)