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House Sparrow (Male)
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Scientific Name:
Passer Domesticus
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Common Name:
House Sparrow (Male)
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Diet:
seeds, fruit, insects, spiders
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Color:
brown
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Size:
6.25 inches
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Active Period:
Year-round
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Habitat:
town
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Field Identification:
black neck and breast, gray underparts and head, communal, introduced
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Nest:
cuplike in cavities
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Kingdom:
Animalia (Animals)
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Genus:
Passer
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Family:
Passeridae (old world sparrows)
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Phylum:
Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
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Subphylum:
Vertebrata (backbone)
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Species:
domesticus