Eurasian Tree Sparrow Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Passer domesticus
Family : Passeridae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : The Eurasian Tree Sparrow is a small passerine with a chestnut crown and distinct black ear spot (length 14 cm, weight 20.3 g, wing 7 cm, bill 1.2 cm, tarsus 1.7 cm, tail 5.3 cm approximately). It has a chocolate-brown crown and nape, and pale hind collar. The rest of its upperparts are brown streaked with black, with two white wing bars. The sides of its head are whitish with black ear-coverts. Its underparts are grayish-white with a black chin and centre of the throat. It has dark brown irises, fleshy-brown legs and feet. It often forages in mixed flocks of sparrows, feeding by gleaning on the ground, feeding on grass-seeds, cereals, fruits, flower buds, shoots, insects and kitchen scraps. It breeds in March-August
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Amandava amandava
(Indian Silverbill) -
Lonchura punctulata
(Tricoloured (Black‑headed) Munia) -
Motacilla maderaspatensis
(White Wagtail) -
Lonchura striata
(Scaly‑breasted Munia) -
Lonchura malacca
(Chestnut Munia) -
Anthus godlewskii
(Tawny Pipit) -
Ploceus manyar
(Baya Weaver) -
Anthus cervinus
(Rosy Pipit) -
Anthus similis
(Western Yellow Wagtail) -
Lonchura atricapilla
(House Sparrow)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Stanislas Wroza(www.xeno-canto.org/Stanislas Wroza), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Stanislas Wroza(www.xeno-canto.org/Stanislas Wroza), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.