Description
Both sexes of the Sind Sparrow are very similar to the House Sparrow, but slightly smaller, with a number of distinguishing features. While the common South Asian subspecies of the House Sparrow, Passer domesticus indicus, has a body about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long, the Sind Sparrow is 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long.
The breeding male has a short and narrow black bib and a broad chestnut eye stripe that does not meet the mantle. The male has the crown and nape grey and the lower back and rump rufous. The female has a darker and greyer crown and cheek than the female House Sparrow and the shoulder is darker chestnut. The female Dead Sea Sparrow of the subspecies Passer moabiticus yattii is also similar to the female Sind Jungle Sparrow, but has yellow tinges on the underparts and sometimes on parts of the head. The bill is black and the breeding male and pale brown on the non-breeding male and female. With a culmen length of 1.1–1.25 centimetres (0.43–0.49 in), the Sind Sparrow is slightly smaller-billed than the House Sparrow.
The Sind Sparrow's chirping chup call is softer, less strident, and higher pitched than that of the House Sparrow, and is easily distinguished. The song includes chirrups interspersed with grating t-r-r-rt notes and short warbles or whistles.
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