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Happy New Year to you too JF. It looks like a female House Sparrow to me. But I don't know if you've any confusion species out there.
or a female-type Sind Sparrow - BirdForum Opus
Bewick
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Might be another case of asking if it was associating with any male sparrows, if so its probably the same sp as the males.
Andy Adcock
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Tree Sparrow is the commonest 'passer' in the parts of India in which I've travelled.
Not sure why that is relevant as the subject bird is clearly NOT a Tree Sparrow!
Bewick
Well-known member
Why?
Andy Adcock
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No need for the snotty reply, it was merely a comment on my experience given the decline in numbers of P. domesticus in the UK.
Andy Adcock
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Be as angry as you like Pal.
If your comment was intended as such then it wasn't at all obvious, except possibly to you.
Andy Adcock
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Well I should be the one insulted by the implication that I cannot separate a female House Sparrow from a female Tree Sparrow, I never suggested that it was a Tree Sparrow, that was in your head.
I did not say or imply that you thought the bird was a Tree Sparrow since it patently isn't, I just couldn't see the relevance of your comment.
So just let it go.
Xenospiza
Distracted
Learn some manners please.
Everyone can look it up. Sind Sparrow has brownish neck sides which this bird lacks.
It is also restricted to natural wetland habitats and does not occur in Jaipur.
Thanks, I read about it in Opus (Sind Sparrow - BirdForum Opus) but couldn't reliably judge the feature in the photo above (or maybe I was secretly hoping for a silver bullet on a silver platter?). Now, I can see it, but it's still a bit difficult to be sure that it's present in the only two female-type Sind Sparrow photos in the Gallery (maybe it's a matter of lighting).
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As a total aside, I wonder how do we know whether what one sees is a female-type Sind Sparrow or an immature male House Sparrow with moulted lesser coverts (aside from a combination of habitat and range)? Do immature male House Sparrows moult their head and breast feathers first?
EDIT: The descriptions of the two pictures above give some other ID features:
Sind Sparrow (F)
A Rarity ... First image of a female of this species in the BF-Gallery ... There are two images of male ... first posted in Dec 2006 and the second in May 2010 ... ID points to distinguish it from House Sparrow (F) ... * Much darker...
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Sind Sparrow (F)-2
Here's another image of this rarity ... ... this individual, too was feeding on seeds in the same reed clump along with a male SS and some Strawberry Finches ... There was a very strong chilly breeze ... and the stalks were swaying like...
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As a total aside, I wonder how do we know whether what one sees is a female-type Sind Sparrow or an immature male House Sparrow with moulted lesser coverts (aside from a combination of habitat and range)? Do immature male House Sparrows moult their head and breast feathers first?
EDIT: The descriptions of the two pictures above give some other ID features:
Still, a tough species pair for me.
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