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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.
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)
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)
Listen: The call of the song sparrow
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