One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligæ, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds
A sparrow is a small brown bird that is very common in Britain. a small brown bird, very common in many parts of the world. Any of numerous species of small, chiefly seed-eating songbirds having a conical bill, particularly members of the Old World family Ploceidae, the house sparrow, and most members of the New World family Fringillidae. Some species of Fringillidae are common. The trim-looking chipping and tree sparrows have a reddish brown cap. The finely streaked savanna and vesper sparrows inhabit grassy fields. The heavily streaked song and fox sparrows are woodland dwellers. The white-crowned and white-throated sparrows are larger than most species and have black-and-white crown stripes. house sparrow English sparrow sparrow hawk
The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity
Small, seed-eating New World finches, represented in the North Country by eight species, all summer visitors: the Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Clay Colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida), Le Conte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii), Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii), Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana), White Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis), and the Dark Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) From the Old English spearwa