Bird

Yellow-throated sparrow

Gymnoris xanthocollis

हिन्दी: पीले गले वाली गौरैया

IUCN: Least Concern

Pale grey-brown yellow-throated sparrows drinking at the water's edge

Scientific name: Gymnoris xanthocollis
Hindi name: पीले गले वाली गौरैया
Family: Passeridae, order Passeriformes
Group: Bird
Conservation status: Least Concern

A plain sparrow with a hidden yellow spot.

Spot it Grey-brown with a chestnut shoulder patch, a white wing bar, and a small lemon-yellow spot on the throat of males.
Home Dry open woodland and thorny scrub.
Food web Eats grain, seeds and insects.
Why it matters A bird of dry forest that depends on old trees with holes for nesting.

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