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Common Name: Plain-backed Sparrow
Scientific Name: Passer flaveolus
Date Taken: February 20, 2025
Location: Udon Thani, Thailand
Photographer: Howard Cunningham
Also called the Palm Sparrow, the Plain-backed
Sparrows' range spans from Myanmar to central Vietnam,
and south to the western part of Peninsular Malaysia.
They are year-round residents. Their habitat
includes forest edges, open forest, open fields, and
paddy agricultural areas. They feed on vegetable
matter like seeds of grasses, cultivated cereals
and small herbs. Nestlings are fed with insects.
They forage in small groups. The breeding season
is from January to July. The nest is a woven
globular structure made of grasses and small twigs.
It's placed well hidden in branches of a tree or
in a hole in a tree or a building.
