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Italian Sparrow (male). Near Lake Urbino, Corsica, 2/7/07. It looks like a House Sparrow, but this hybrid has characteristics of Spanish Sparrow: all-white cheek (not gray) and a rufuous (again, not gray) cap. Alas, we didn't see any pure Spanish Sparrows.
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