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2015-05-10
Bukhara region, Vill. Tsvetushiy |
© Maksim Mitropolskiy
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The male of the Indian Sparrow has the grey crown and rump; dark mottled on the head. The uppertail and sometimes the neck are olive-grey. The mantle is bright chestnut-brown with black longitudinal strips. The lore and narrow eye-strip are black. Behind the eyes and on the flanks of the head there are the broad chestnut strips which can to connect on the neck. The cheeks and adjacent parts of the head and neck are all white; rare light-grey tinged. The chin, throat, craw and top of the breast are black. The underparts are white, flanks are grayish. The lesser wing coverts are chestnut; the median coverts are dark-brown with white tips; and the greater ones are black-brown with broad clayey edges. The flight feathers are dark-brown with light-clayey edges, the speculum on the greater coverts is light-pale almost white. The tail feathers are brownish with the narrow light edges. The bill is black, the legs and claws are dark-brown. The female has buffy-grey crown, neck, rump and uppertail; sometimes dark mottled on the head. The supercilium is light-buffy, the cheeks are grayish. The mantle with black strips; the light strips formed by the outer webs are clayey. The throat, craw and breast are buffy-grey; sometimes the chin and throat are dark-grey. Other underparts are white grey tinged on the flanks. The lesser wing coverts are olive-buffy; median coverts are blackish-brown with narrow light tips; greater ones and flight feathers are dark-brownish with clayey edges. The bill is dark-brown lightening on the base of lower mandible; the legs and claws are light-brown. Juveniles are similar on female. Weight 21,0-29,5 grams, wing - 65-84, tail 42-60 mm.
"Птицы Казахстана" том 5. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1974.
