Male © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography eBird S65188363 Macaulay Library ML 205905761
Female © Henrik Bringsøe
Male © Marco Valentini
Juvenile © Ciro De Simone
Male © Lutz Duerselen
+ 3
Female © Paulo Alves
Male © Boris Georgi

Olasz veréb Passer italiae

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Identification

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Similar to House and Spanish Sparrows. Males have a brown crown and white cheeks like Spanish Sparrow, but a restricted black throat and upper breast like House Sparrow. Females essentially inseparable from the other two species and voice also identical. Habitat preferences similar to House Sparrow; rarely strays far from urban areas. An evolutionary intermediate between House and Spanish Sparrow following historical gene flow.

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