Female © Subbu Subramanya
Male © Samiran Jha
Female © Knut Hansen
Female © Shekar Vishvanath
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Male © Shekar Vishvanath

Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus

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Identification

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Well-attired small songbird typically associated with mid- to high-elevation farms, fields, and open forests throughout its range. Found in less intensively developed areas than House and Eurasian Tree Sparrows, sticking to villages and pastures and staying away from large city centers. Male has bright chestnut cap and back, whitish cheek, narrow black throat, and pale gray belly. Female brownish with broad streaks above, pale below, with white wingbars and broad tan supercilium.

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