Italian Sparrows, like this one at a nest hole in the wall an old church, were seen everywhere in Crete.
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Italian Sparrows, like this one at a nest hole in the wall an old church, were seen everywhere in Crete.
This rather odd-looking Sparrow was photographed in South Yorkshire today. It has a chestnut crown and whitish cheeks, which suggest an Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae) but it does have some grey flecking on the crown. Nothing like a House Sparrow though. Here's a grey-crowned, dusky-cheeked male House Sparrow for comparison: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/50728261903/in/photolist But even if its crown had been pure chestnut it would have needed a DNA test to prove its identity beyond doubt. This is after an apparent Italian Sparrow appeared in the Netherlands but DNA showed it was just a variant House Sparrow: avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/07/19/an-italian-sparrow-...
Real Italian Sparrows are found in Italy, Sardinia and Crete, but where they meet House Sparrows in the Alps they hybridise.
And the title "..talking Italian?" It's a line from the 1984 Bananarama single "Robert de Niro's Waiting".
Old map of Italy. By L'Isle, publ. in 1733
Old map of Italy. By D'Anville, publ. in 1784
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First sighting ever of this sparrow species in the Netherlands. Normally found much further South, se France, s Switzerland, s Austria, Italian Peninsula and w Slovenia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta and Crete.
This little macho male bred with one of the local sparrows.
Veluwe, The Netherlands
First sighting ever of this sparrow species in the Netherlands. Normally found much further South, se France, s Switzerland, s Austria, Italian Peninsula and w Slovenia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta and Crete.
He bred with one of the local sparrows.
Veluwe, The Netherlands
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Paris,Constant-Chantpie,1825-1826.
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