Category: Passeridae

Immune activity elevates energy expenditure of house sparrows: a link between direct and indirect costs?

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Science Article 1 abstract The activation of an immune response is beneficial for organisms but may also have costs that affect fitness. Documented immune costs include those associated with acquisition of special nutrients, as well as immunopathology or autoimmunity. Here, we test whether an experimental induction of the immune system with […]

Is the house sparrow Passer domesticus an indeterminate or a determinate layer?

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Science Article 2 abstract […]. The aim of this study is to determine whether House Sparrows from a Spanish population are indeterminate or determinate layers for removal and addition experiments. Because methodology used in this sort of studies appears to affect results, the same methodology was used as that of Kendra […]

The status of the urban house sparrow Passer domesticus in north-western Europe: a review

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Science Article 6 abstract The house sparrow Passer domesticus is unique among wild birds in its close association with, indeed virtual dependence on, man. Not only in the agricultural environment, where presumably this association first evolved, but also in built-up areas. It would be expected that, with man’s dominance of the […]

Annotated Bibliography on the Ecology and Management of Invasive Species House Sparrow (Passer domesticus

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Science Article 5 abstract Ace Bird Proofing Division is a business that provides structural birdproofing ofcommercial sites in New Zealand. The website provides an extensive list of diseasescarried by bird pests including Campylobacter spp, Eschericia coli 0157, Listeria spp,Salmonella spp, Vibrio cholerae, Cryptococcus neoformans and Histoplasmacapsulatum. However, it is not clear […]

Fitness consequences of hybridization between house sparrows( Passer domesticus) and tree sparrows ( P. montanus)

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Science Article 4 abstract Gene transfer may occur following hybridization between closely related species if hybrids are viable and able to breed with individuals of one or both of the parental species. House (Passer domesticus) and tree sparrows (P. montanus) occasionally hybridize and produce viable o.spring. Previously, we concluded that male […]

INCUBATION BEHAVIOR OF THE DEAD SEA SPARROW

Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus) Science Article 3 abstract The importance of precise regulation of egg temperature during incubation was demonstrated by Lundy ( 1969) in studies of the domestic fowl, in which no embryo survived continuous incubation above 40.5C or below 35C. Y. YOM-TOV et al., Condor, 80:340-343 Download article download full text (pdf)

AGE, SEX AND SEASON RELATED BIOMETRICSOF THE DEAD SEA SPARROW PASSER MOABITICUS

Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus) Science Article 2 abstract Age, sex and season related biometrics of the Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus Aims: Analyse age and sex related dynamics and biometric differences in Dead Sea Sparrows Passer moabiticus. Location: Eilat, Israel. Reuven YOSEF et al., Ardeola 51(2), 2004, 297-302 Download article download full text (pdf)

Breeding Study of the Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus in the Mond Protected Area, Bushehr, Persian Gulf

Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus) Science Article 1 abstract The Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus has a restricted distribution in western Asia andsoutheastern Europe in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Cyprus (now extinct, C. Richardson unpubl.data), Syria, Israel, Jordan, and western Afghanistan MAHDI JAMADI & KHOSRO DARVISHI, Podoces, 2008, 3(1/2): 97-131 Download article download full text (pdf)

Abd al-Kuri Sparrow (Passer hemileucus)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Passeridae | [latin] Passer hemileucus | [UK] Abd al-Kuri Sparrow | [FR] Moineau de Socotra | [DE] Socotrasperling | [ES] Gorrion de Socotora | [NL] Socotramus Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Male is chestnut with grey upperparts, streaked on back, chestnut supercilium curving down behind ear-coverts, and blackish stripe curving around […]