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Photo by Seyed Babak Mus
Dez protected area, southern Iran, March 2007

Passer moabiticus

[edit] Identification

12-13cm Male

• Rufous above with dark streaks
• Grey white below
• Grey crown
• Grey rear neck
• Grey cheeks
• Black bib
• Pale supercilium
• Sides of neck are yellow

Female

• Streaked brown back
• Buffy white below
• Grey head

[edit] Distribution

Israel, River Jordan, Dead Sea, Iraq, Iran and western Afghanistan.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 3 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Dry lowlands with vegetation, near water.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes seeds.

The nests are built in trees; 4-7 eggs are laid.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links