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    (c) Francesco Veronesi, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) markus lilje, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Alex R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Randy Floyd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) RAFAEL, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Uday Agashe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Chestnut Sparrow

Passer eminibey

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About

The chestnut sparrow (Passer eminibey) is a species of passerine bird in the sparrow family Passeridae. It is the smallest member of the sparrow family, at about 11 cm (4.3 in) long. The breeding male has deep chestnut plumage and the female and juvenile are coloured a duller grey with some chestnut markings. Like its closest relatives in the genus Passer, the Arabian golden sparrow and the Sudan golden sparrow, it is gregarious and found in arid areas....

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