Illinois
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
(L 6.25" WS 9.5" Wt 0.98 oz)
Introduced into Brooklyn, NY in 1851
and in the west U.S in 1870's...now
common across all North America.
and in the west U.S in 1870's...now
common across all North America.
Yard birds
Oak Park
25Oct2010
06Oct2012
female
Passer in Latin means sparrow.
© BirdNote,
Ellen Blackstone
© Wikipedia
© Audubon
Society
Society
02Nov2008
House and Spanish Sparrows don’t
interbreed when in large numbers
but will when one or both species
is rare.
interbreed when in large numbers
but will when one or both species
is rare.
(John Reilly)
12 subspecies have
been describred.
been describred.