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Range Map[edit]

The unsourced range map appears to be a bit inaccurate. One of the pictures featured in the article shows a pair of sparrows in Rome, yet the map shows they are not in Italy at all. I also find it hard to believe that they are native to the Arabian dessert and small spots in the middle of the Sahara. --Jleon (talk) 03:12, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The range map is sourced, to the Handbuch der Vögel Mitteleuropas, and it's accurate. The birds in Rome are Italian sparrows, which are discussed in the article as close relatives of the house sparrow. That they are native to those parts of Arabia, Sudan, and the Sahara is pretty meticulously documented in sources such as Summers-Smith (1988). —innotata 06:22, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The map in Peterson, R., Mountfort, G. and Hollom, P.A.D. 1967. A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. Collins. p.300 notes, in reference to their map,: "Black line sur-rounds range of Italian Sparrow".Osborne 15:49, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

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It is not fully good article217.118.81.17 (talk) 18:53, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[edit]

How about The Great Sparrow War of the 1870s in USA??? (It is like Great Sparrow Campaign in China from 1958 to 1962) Please see https://daily.jstor.org/the-great-sparrow-war-of-the-1870s/

Cluttered with images[edit]

I added the cleanup template because IMO the article is cluttered with images, many of which are redundant. For example, we don't need three sets of image comparisons of male and female sparrows. The description and behavior sections are most in need of a cleanup – either by removing images or rearranging them so that they don't impede the reading of the article text (e.g. galleries). I would do this myself, but since one of my own images is present in the article, that would probably constitute an issue of bias... -Air55- ^(Talk) 05:59, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Frankly I don't think the amount of pictures is disturbing. A little less is ok - most of them are appropriate and illustrating the paragraph effectively. Remove some - feel free to select your own. Take Mirrenberg (talk) 08:11, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Recording of bird call missing?[edit]

I listened to the recording of the House Sparrow call in this article, and all I hear are some wind noises in the microphone. The actual call seems to be missing from the recording. I'm not sure how to fix this. David Spector (talk) 00:04, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]