Italian sparrow / Italiensperling (Passer italiae)

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Classification: Genus Passer (Passer); Family Sparrows (Passeridae)
Classification:

It is intermediate between the house sparrow, and the Spanish sparrow, a species of the Mediterranean and Central Asia closely related to the house sparrow. [Link]
Within Switzerland it's mostly seen in Ticino.
Appearance and identification:

Männchen ähnlich wie Haussperlng, doch mit braunem Scheitel, hellen Wangen und ausgedehnt schwarzer Kehle und Brust, die bis zu den Schultern reicht, angedeuteter weisser Augenstreif; Weibchen sind kaum von denjenigen des Haussperlings zu unterscheiden. [Link]
Habitats: Settlement

Song: Sounds like house sparrow to me
Song attributes: Melody: stereotype melodic, slow, Frequency: 2-5 KHz
Call: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording.

XC729736 - Italian Sparrow - Passer italiae - typical sparrowish swoop or fast falling 3-note call.
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Call attributes: song Frequency: ,
First documented observation: 2021-04-06 in Italy. Most recent observation: 2024-09-04 in Italy.

Media

Italiensperling Männchen in Locarno. 2024-09-02 18:04:58 Northern Lago Maggiore Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 10 ISO 3200 Exposure 1/1000	Italiensperling Männchen in Locarno. 2024-09-02 18:04:02 Northern Lago Maggiore Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 9.625 ISO 2500 Exposure 1/800	Italiensperling Männchen in Locarno. 2024-09-02 18:03:02 Italy Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 10 ISO 2500 Exposure 1/1000
Italiensperling in Parco Salvadori, Levanto. 2024-05-29 08:20:38 Italy	Italiensperling auf dem Feld nach Tenero Centro Commerciale. 2023-06-20 08:10:06 Italy NIKON D5600 ISO 640 Exposure 1/1000

XC729736 - Italian Sparrow - Passer italiae - song recorded in Italy. Italy
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Summer in Switzerland, 2024 / Three nights in Locarno with Michele