Eurasian tree sparrow
Passer montanus
Identification Tips:
- 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.