House sparrow - Passer domesticus (Pardal Comum)


Identification Tips:
Length: 4.25 inches
Small, seed-eating bird
Thick, conical bill
Pink legs
Extremely common in urban and agricultural areas

Adult male:
>Gray crown
>Black throat, upper breast, and small mask; less black on throat in winter
>Grayish side of neck and underparts
>Rusty-brown nape and upperparts
>Black streaks on back
>White patch in wing
>Gray rump
>Black bill in summer; yellowish in winter

Female and immature:
>Gray-brown crown
>Buffy line extends rearward from eye bordered below by gray-brown line
>Grayish-white underparts
>Black and tawny streaks on back
>Black wing feathers with wide tawny edges
>White patch on wing
>Yellow bill
>Immature males lack full throat patch of adults