This little plush House Sparrow is made
by Wild Republic and is part of their Audubon
Bird series.
House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)-- 
This little bird is abundant on farms and in cities
and suburbs. It is about 5 to 6 inches long. Field marks of the
male are black bib and bill and white cheeks, chestnut nape;
gray crown and rump. The female is often confused with other
sparrows or female buntings; the unstreaked dingy breast, the
bold buffy eye line, and the streaked back are the best field
marks. They are often seen in flocks. The voice is a shrill,
monotonous, noisy chirping.
The female lays 4 to 6 white eggs, lightly
speckled with brown, in a loose mass of grass, feathers, strips
of paper, string, and other debris placed in a man-made or natural
cavity. These sparrows will also build a nest in a tree. There
can be two or three broods a season. The female incubates the
eggs for a period of from 11 to 14 days.
Introduced and resident throughout temperate
North America, the House Sparrow is also native to Eurasia and
North Africa, and introduced on all continents and on many islands.
They are highly adaptable to their environment.
Order: Passeriformes | Family:
Ploceidae | Species: Passer domesticus
