Russet sparrow
The russet sparrow (Passer cinnamomeus) also called the cinnamon sparrow or cinnamon tree sparrow, is a bird that is part of the sparrow family. It is a small bird with a thick beak, and is 14 to 15 centimetres long. Its feathers are mainly rufous (reddish-brown) above and grey below, and its sounds are made up of short chirps which it can sometimes join together to make a song. There are 3 subspecies of the Russet Sparrow, rutilans (the main species), intensior, which, along with the main species, lives in parts of eastern Asia, and cinnamomeus, which lives in the Himalayas and is commonly seen around terrace farms. The Russet Sparrow mainly eats seeds from herbs and grains, and it is the common sparrow of towns and cities that Eurasian Tree Sparrows and House Sparrows do not live in.
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Russet Sparrow Media
An illustration by Philipp Franz von Siebold from Fauna Japonica, in which the russet sparrow was described with the now synonymised name Passer russatus
Breeding male in Kullu, India
A wintering flock of russet sparrows in Murree, Pakistan
A male eating Yoshino cherry blossoms, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
The c. 1830 woodblock "Hibiscus and Sparrow" by the Japanese artist Hokusai, which portrays the russet sparrow
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References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Passer rutilans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.