Birds of Singapore
by the Bird Society of Singapore
Passer domesticus
Family: Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows · Status: Very rare introduced resident · Size: 15 cm · Conservation: Least Concern
Native to North Africa, Europe, the Middle East, temperate Asia, and Indochina; introduced to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas. An introduced resident in Singapore.
Male has grey crown, whitish head-sides contrasting with black mask, lores, chin, throat and upperbreast, broad chestnut band from eye to nape-sides, greyish-white underparts and dull chestnut mantle with pale brownish and blackish streaks. Female is nondescript brownish, with paler supercilium and underparts. Also resembles female weavers but lacks streaks on head and underparts.
Town and villages.
Roosts communally in buildings.