419 House Sparrow. HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus)
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1 SEXING Male with chestnut and grey head, black bib and intense chestnut on lesser coverts. Female with dunner aspect, lacks black on throat and breast and lesser coverts are light brown. Some juvenile males are recognized before moult because they have a dark patch on throat, but some with light throat like females. Spring. Male (23-IV). HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus) IDENTIFICATION cm. General dun coloration, with chestnut upperparts and grey-brown underparts. Male with chestnut head and grey crown; black bib. Female grey-brown, with pale supercilium. SIMILAR SPECIES The male recalls a Tree Sparrow, which is smaller, has black cheek and lacks grey on head. Female looks like a female Chaffinch, with white on shoulders and tail. AGEING 2 types of age can be recognized: Juvenile similar to a female, but with fresh plumage. Adult with worn plumage. After the postbreeding/postjuvenile moult, ageing is not possible using plumage characters. MOULT Complete postbreeding and postjuvenile moult, usually finished early November. PHENOLOGY I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII STATUS IN ARAGÓN Resident, absent only from places without human activity. Tree Sparrow. Chaffinch. Female Spring. Female (23-IV). Page 1
2 Spring. Head pattern: top male (23- IV); botton female (23- IV). Spring. Pattern and wear of tail: left male (23-IV); right female (23-IV). Spring. Breast pattern: left male (23-IV); right female (23-IV). Spring. Male: pattern of wing (23- IV) Spring. Female: pattern of wing (23-IV) Spring. Upperpart pattern: left male (23-IV); right female (23-IV). Page 2
3 Summer. Adult. Male (27-VI). Summer. Juvenile. Male/female (19-VI). Summer. Adult. Head pattern: top male (27- VI); botton female (04- VII). Summer. Adult. Female (04-VII). Summer. Juvenile. Male (19-VI). Summer. Juvenile. Head pattern: top male (19-VI); botton male/ female (28- VI). Page 3
4 Summer. Adult. Chin pattern: left male (27-VI); right female (04-VII). Summer. Juvenile. Breast pattern: left male (19-VI); right male/female (28-VI). Summer. Juvenile. Chin pattern: left male (19-VI); right male/female (28-VI). Summer. Adult. Pattern and wear of tail: left male (27-VI); right female (04-VII). Summer. Adult. Breast pattern: left male (27-VI); right female (04-VII). Summer. Juvenile. Pattern and wear of tail: left male (19-VI); right male/female (28-VI). Page 4
5 Summer. Adult. Male: pattern and wear of wing (27-VI). Summer. Adult. Upperpart pattern: left male (27-VI); right female (04-VII). Summer. Adult. Female: pattern and wear of wing (04-VII). Summer. Juvenile. Male: pattern and wear of wing (19-VI). Summer. Juvenile. Upperpart pattern: left male (19-VI); right male/female (28-VI). Summer. Juvenile. Male/female: pattern and wear of wing (28-VI). Page 5
6 Winter. Breast pattern: left male (22-X); right female (22-X). Winter. Male (22-X). Winter. Female (22-X). Winter. Upperpart pattern: left male (22-X); right female (22-X). Winter. Head pattern: top male (22-X); botton female (22-X). Winter. Pattern and wear of tail: left male (22-X); right female (22-X). Page 6
7 Winter. Male: pattern of wing (22- X). Winter. Female: pattern of wing (22-X). Page 7
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