Passer domesticus
            
               (L 6.25" WS 9.5" Wt 0.98 oz")
          
         
            
               Hilltop Motel
            
               Ouyen, Australia
            
               28Oct2016
          
         
            
               Most common bird in the
world (not
               counting the domestic chicken)...the
               Red-billed Quelea is the most
               numerous.
          
         
            
               Please Note: the bus was not moving.
          
         
            
               © Dave Herr
            
               Macaulay
               Library
          
         
         
            
               Passer is Latin for sparrow;
               domesticus is Latin for
               domestic, house.