House Sparrow
Passer domesticus ‡
Urangan, Hervy Bay, SE Qld IMG_5884 20190714 - male in breeding plumage; black bill.
Notes: Male: grey head, unmarked grey cheek (cf
Eurasian Tree Sparrow with
dark ear spot on
white cheek), smart black bib, bright rufous nape, &
patterned wings w. brilliant buffs & browns;
underparts are pale
pearly-grey. Female: plain brown w. cute face & buff supercilium.
Introduced. Abundant on farms, towns & cities of E Aust.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified)
29 Mile Road, Point Wilson, S Vic IMG_0067 20190611 - female: diffuse pale supercilium
Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_1791 20210515 - male: non-breeding plumage (grey-brown bill); dust bathing.
Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_2501 20180516 - female (white wing-bar)
Esplanade, Cairns North, IMG_3110 20240407 - non-breeding plumage male. CLICK for one in breeding plumage at Turf Farm, France Road, Cairns, FNE Qld 20221109.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_8442 20221123 - young
Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island IMG_5229 20200317 - male non-breeding plumage (pale bill)
Glenrowan Tourist Park, N Vic IMG_5276 20211108 - male. CLICK for female.
Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island IMG_5357 20200318 - juvenile: narrow cream wing bar, diffuse supercilium, fleshy gape, pale bill. CLICK for young male: narrow cream wing bar, some black on bib.
Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3300 20240407 - juvenile. CLICK for a pic of a leucistic bird 20230920.
Glenrowan Tourist Park, N Vic IMG_5340 20211108 - male calling.
Bateman's Bay, SE NSW MVI_5585 20190308 - dust bathing