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Male house sparrow (Passer domesticus) with brown, gray, and black markings perched on a rough branch against a blurred green background.
Listen: The call of the song sparrow
A song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) perched on a cattail stem, beak open as if singing, with brown streaked plumage and a blurred green background. Three side-by-side images show the life stages of the Chipping Sparrow: blue speckled eggs in a nest, a brown-feathered fledgling, and an adult bird with a chestnut cap. Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) with brown and white striped plumage standing on leaf litter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Hear the songs of many different birds. A House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) with brown, black, and gray plumage is perched on a lichen-covered twig against a soft green background. Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora) with gray body, black head, and pink beak perched on a rough piece of wood in Hong Kong Park, China. tree sparrow (Spizella arborea)
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae
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Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
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sparrow: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Expression and phylogenetic analyses reveal paralogous lineages of putatively classical and non-classical MHC-I genes in three sparrow species (Passer). May 22, 2026
Add new Web site: Cornell Lab - All About Birds - House Sparrow. Mar 09, 2026
Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) escape behavior is triggered faster in smaller settlements. Jan 31, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Expression and phylogenetic analyses reveal paralogous lineages of putatively classical and non-classical MHC-I genes in three sparrow species (Passer). Sep 17, 2025
Added media. Dec 13, 2024
Media added. Oct 20, 2023
Add new Web site: The Spruce - What is a Sparrow? Oct 11, 2022
Add new Web site: The Spruce - Finches or Sparrows? May 20, 2019
Media added. May 25, 2016
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Sparrow. Dec 19, 2013
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Sparrow. Mar 18, 2013
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Sparrow. Mar 18, 2013
Updated taxonomy. Mar 10, 2010
Media added. May 20, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Sparrow. May 23, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - American Tree Sparrow. Feb 27, 2008
Media added. Feb 07, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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