Stats

Lifespan: 3-5 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Urban grassland
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Flock Safety
Status: Common

About

A stout, chatty little bird that has followed humans across nearly every continent, nesting in eaves, signs, and hedgerows wherever crumbs are likely. Males wear a black bib and chestnut crown that grow bolder during the breeding season, while females stay a streaky tan.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer
Species: Passer domesticus