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[[|edit]] Characteristics and classification
Generally, sparrows tend to be small, plump brown-grey birds with short tails and stubby, powerful [|beaks]. The differences between sparrow species can be subtle. They are primarily [|seed-eaters], though they also consume small [|insects]. A few species scavenge for food around cities and, like [|gulls] or [|pigeons], will happily eat virtually anything in small quantities. Members of this family range in size from the [|Chestnut Sparrow] (//Passer eminibey//), at 11.4 cm (4.5 inches) and 13.4 g, to the [|Parrot-billed Sparrow] (//Passer gongonensis//), at 18 cm (7 inches) and 42 g (1.5 oz). Sparrows are physically similar to other seed-eating birds, such as [|finches], but have a vestigial dorsal outer [|primary feather] and an extra bone in the tongue.[|[2]]





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