Sparrows
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Passeridae
Sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed-eaters, and they also consume small insects. There are 35 species worldwide and 14 species which occur in Sudan. Sudan has the greatest diversity of sparrows of any country on earth.
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus (I)
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Shelley's Rufous Sparrow Passer shelleyi
- Kordofan Rufous Sparrow Passer cordofanicus (E)
- Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Desert Sparrow Passer simplex
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Sudan Golden-Sparrow Passer luteus
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Yellow-spotted Petronia Petronia pyrgita
- Bush Petronia Petronia dentata
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Sudan
Famous quotes containing the word sparrows:
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 10:29.
“How coyote got his
ratty old fur coat
bits of old fur
the sparrows stuck on him
with dabs of pitch.
That was after he lost his proud original one in a poker game.”
—Leslie Marmon Silko (b. 1948)
“And now the sparrows warring in the eaves,
The curd-pale moon, the white stars in the sky,
And the loud chaunting of the unquiet leaves,
Are shaken with earth’s old and weary cry.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)