The cheery and sociable house sparrow is more closely associated with ... On freshly molted (nonbreeding) bird, the blackish and reddish regions obscured by gray feather tips.

What do you think of when you hear the word “sparrow?” If someone had asked me this as a child, I would have said it’s a ...

One of the most common winter sparrows, the white-crowned typically occurs in flocks, which may involve more than 100 birds. They feed in short grass or open areas adjacent to woodlands ...

birders think mostly about the non-native house sparrows and the harm that they are doing to some of our native birds. But it’s important to remember some of the other amazing types of sparrows ...

The Cape Sable seaside sparrow isn't nicknamed the “Goldilocks bird” for nothing: In order for this little sparrow to survive, its habitat conditions have to be just right. Though the bird has evolved ...

A true connoisseur of coastal living, MacGillivray's seaside sparrow spends its days munching on tiny crabs, insects and seeds in Atlantic coastal marshes. This little gray-brown bird — one of four ...

The white-crowned sparrow is common throughout North America, from northern Alaska to central Mexico. But here in Florida, it ...