The House Sparrow is sturdily built small songbird of the sparrows family and as a breeding bird endemic to most of Europe, except for Italy. The House Sparrow can be described as compact, robust with a strong broad brody, short neck, big head and strong short, pointed bill. Its main identification featurers are the black-streaked brownish back, a squat posture with legs drawn when sitting perches or on the ground and directly after landing. Flight display shohws continuously whirring wingbeats.
Sexes of the House Sparrow are dissimilar and the male shows a grey crown, black eyestripe, lores and patch on the throat. Males also show a greyish-brown cheeks. Females show grey-brown chest and belly, streaked brown on back and rump and chestnut crown.
The House Sparrow is a typical synanthropic bird that likes the proximity of humans which is why we find them mostly in any kind of urban areas, parks, parkland, gardens, graveyards, and green yards of all kind. House sparrows like to attend to bird tables / feedings.
Taxonomy:
Order: Passerines (Passeriformes)
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Sperlinge (Passer)
Species: House Sparrow
Scientific Name: Passer [domesticus] domesticus
Name in German: Haussperling
Name in Czech: Vrabec domácí
Name in Slovak: Vrabec domový
Name in Hungarian: Házi veréb
Name in Croat: Vrabac
Name in French: Moineau domestique
Name in Spanish: Gorrión Común
Name in Portuguese: Pardal
Name in Italian: Passera oltremontana
Name in Dutch: Huismus
Name in Finish: Varpunen
Name in Norwegian: Gråspurv
Name in Danish: Gråspurv
Name in Swedish: Gråsparv
Name in Polnisch: Wróbel
Name in Russian: Домовый воробей
Name in Greek: Σπιτοσπουργίτης, Σπουργίτης, Στρούθος
Name in Turkey: Ak Evcil Serçe, Serçe