What is Russet sparrow?
{{Taxobox | name = | image = Russet Sparrow (Male) I IMG 6779-crop.jpg | image_caption = Male in [[Kullu]], India | image_alt = A plump sparrow with a thick beak, and feathers mostly coloured russet above and cream below, perching on a stump | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=106008371 |title=''Passer rutilans'' | assessors=[[BirdLife International]] |version=2012.1 |year=2012 |accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Passeridae]] | species = '''P. rutilans''' | genus = [[Passer]] | trinomial_authority = ([[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1835) }} The '''russet sparrow''' (''Passer cinnamomeus'') also called the '''cinnamon sparrow''' or '''cinnamon tree sparrow''', is a [[bird]] that is part of the [[sparrow]] [[family (biology)|family]]. It is a small bird with a thick [[beak]], and is 14 to 15 centimetres long. Its [[plumage|feathers]] are mainly [[rufous]] (reddish-brown) above and grey below, and its sounds are made up of short chirps which it can sometimes join together to make a [[Birdsong|song]]. There are 3 [[subspecies]] of the Russet Sparrow, ''rutilans'' (the main species), ''intensior'', which, along with the main species, lives in parts of eastern [[Asia]], and ''cinnamomeus'', which lives in the [[Himalayas]] and is commonly seen around [[terrace (agriculture)|terrace farms]]. The Russet Sparrow mainly eats [[seed]]s from [[herb]]s and [[grain]]s, and it is the common sparrow of towns and cities that [[Eurasian Tree Sparrow|Eurasian Tree Sparrows]] and [[House Sparrow|House Sparrows]] do not live in. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Passeri]] [[Category:Birds of Asia]]