The cheery and sociable house sparrow is more ... Adult female: mainly gray-tan. Buffy eye stripe; gray-brown crown and auriculars. Bill more yellowish than male’s; tip, culmen dusky.

DESCRIPTION: The MacGillivray's seaside sparrow is a small bird, measuring about 5 inches in length. It has a dark, gray back; a short, olive-brown tail and wings; light-gray streaks on its breast and ...

NEWTOWN, Conn.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal petition today with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking protection for the saltmarsh sparrow under the Endangered Species Act.