Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus

Identification Tips:

• Length: 5 inches
• Small, seed-eating bird
• Thick, conical bill
• Pink legs
• Extremely local range in United States-St. Louis, Missouri
• Sexes similar
• Brown crown
• Black spot on ear coverts
• White on face and neck
• Black chin and eye patch
• Grayish-white underparts
• Brown and black upperparts
• White wing bars

Similar species:

The adult male House Sparrow might be confused with the very local Eurasian Tree Sparrow. The Eurasian Tree Sparrow has a black spot on the ear coverts and an entirely brown crown.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.