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Cape Sparrow

Passer melanurus

Photo by jrdtoit
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Cape Sparrows, easy to distinguish male from female, the male have the black on their head and chest. The female are more of a dull brown.

Habitat:

They build nests in trees.

Notes:

The fun part of this Project Noah, is learning that the thing you kept calling a Mossie, is actually part of the sparrow family and this is the joy of these projects.

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