Yellow-bellied sparrow
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Yellow-bellied Sparrow, male |
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The yellow-bellied sparrow ( Passer flaveolus ) is a member of the sparrow family , which only occurs in back India .
Appearance
The birds are only 14 centimeters tall and have dark brown back plumage and their belly is yellowish. They have an elongated black spot under the throat and around the eyes. The beak is shiny gray in color. The feet are black.
Occurrence
The populations of this bird species can be found in Cambodia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , Thailand and Vietnam .
Way of life
The birds follow human culture and occur in gardens and plantations. They feed mainly on the seeds of various plants, including grain .
Reproduction
The female lays her three to seven eggs in a spherical nest that she has built herself from grass. The incubation period is 15 to 24 days. The boys are nestled and are looked after by both parents.
Danger
The IUCN classifies this species as not endangered due to its wide distribution ( Least Concern ).
Etymology and history of research
Edward Blyth described the yellow-bellied sparrow under the current protonym Passer flaveolus . Even if the article in The journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal shows the year 1844 as the year of publication, the article was only published in 1845. Therefore, the year 1845 is considered the year of the first description.
Passer is the Latin word for sparrow, sparrow . Also flaveolus is of Latin origin and comes from the word flavus for golden, yellow from.
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- Christopher M. Perrins (Ed.): The FSVO encyclopedia birds of the world. Translated from the English by Einhard Bezzel. BLV, Munich / Vienna / Zurich 2004, ISBN 978-3-405-16682-3 , pp. 590-591 (title of the English original edition: The New Encyclopedia Of Birds. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003).
- Wilhelm owner (ed.), Erna Mohr: Encyclopedia of the animals. Volume 2, Weltbild, Augsburg 1991, ISBN 978-3-89350-361-2 , p. 381.
- H. Hodgson: On the Leiotrichane Birds of the Subhemalyas. With some additions and annotations, -a Synopsis of Indian Pari, - and of the Indian Fringillidae. In: Edward Blyth (Ed.): The journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . tape 13 , no. 156 , 1844, pp. 933-963 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed January 9, 2013]).
- Edward Clive Dickinson, Aasheesh Pittie: Systematic notes on Asian birds. 51. Dates of avian names introduced in early volumes of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . In: Zoologische Verhandelingen . tape 80 , no. 5 , 2006, p. 113–124 ( zoologischemededelingen.nl [PDF; accessed on July 23, 2013]).
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
Web links
- Passer flaveolus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Plain-backed Sparrow ( Passer flaveolus ) . Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings about Pegu Sparrow (Passer flaveolus) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Yellow-bellied Sparrow ( Passer flaveolus ) at Avibase; Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- Passer flaveolus in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- xeno-canto: Sound recordings - Plain-backed Sparrow ( Passer flaveolus )