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15-16cm. Red-brown crown, white cheeks, black back, and underparts heavily streaked with black. The female is almost identical to the [[House Sparrow]], only distinguishable by its slightly heavier build.
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15-16cm. Red-brown crown, white cheeks, black back, and underparts heavily streaked with black. The female is almost identical to the [[House Sparrow]], only distinguishable by its slightly heavier build.
==Distribution==
==Distribution==
[[Cape Verde]], the [[Canary Islands]], [[Madeira]], northern [[Africa]], western [[Spain]], [[Sardinia]], [[Sicily]], [[Malta]], Crete,the Balkans, and across southwest and central [[Asia]] from [[Turkey]] east to westernmost [[China]].
[[Cape Verde]], the [[Canary Islands]], [[Madeira]], northern [[Africa]], western [[Spain]], [[Sardinia]], [[Sicily]], [[Malta]], Crete,the Balkans, and across southwest and central [[Asia]] from [[Turkey]] east to westernmost [[China]].
15-16cm. Red-brown crown, white cheeks, black back, and underparts heavily streaked with black. The female is almost identical to the House Sparrow, only distinguishable by its slightly heavier build.
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