Directory of Passeridae Resources

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This family of birds includes Old World sparrows, three species of weavers, the Pale Rockfinch, and the Mountain Firetail.

Resources in This Category

• In Europe, the Case of the Missing Sparrows

  http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1227/p01s03-woeu.html
  Article from the Christian Science Monitor about the decline of House Sparrows.

• Passer domesticus

  http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/sparrow.html
  New Zealand introduced bird, the House Sparrow.

• The Common House Sparrow is also Fascinating

  http://www.birdresearch.dk/gb/gsparrow.htm
  Female sparrows preferentially select males with larger black bibs. This article outlines how the examination of a collection of 1000 skins helped explain why this should be so.

 

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