Iago Sparrow

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Iago Sparrow

The Iago Sparrow or Cape Verde Sparrow (Passer iagoensis) is a member of the Old World

Old World

The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans in the 15th century....
sparrow

Sparrow

The "true sparrows", the Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae, are small passerine birds. As eight or more species nest in or near buildings, and the House Sparrow and Eurasian Tree Sparrow in particular inhabit cities in large numbers, sparrows may be the most familiar of all wild birds....
family Passeridae. It is a small sparrow, 13cm in length with a wingspan of 17.5 to 20cm. The male has a black crown, throat and eyestripe, a grey nape and rufous sides to the head. The cheeks and underparts are whitish while the upperparts are reddish-brown with black streaks. The female is grey-brown above with dark streaks and whitish below.

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The Iago Sparrow or Cape Verde Sparrow (Passer iagoensis) is a member of the Old World

Old World

The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans in the 15th century....
sparrow

Sparrow

House Sparrow

The House Sparrow is a member of the Old World sparrow family sparrow, considered by some to be a relative of the Weaver Finch Family. It occurs naturally in most of Europe and much of Asia....
but has a more obvious pale stripe over the eye.

It is endemic

Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, Habitat type, nation, or other defined zone....
to the Cape Verde Islands where it is common on most islands but absent from Fogo

Fogo, Cape Verde

Fogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Mount Fogo....
and scarce on Santa Luzia

Santa Luzia, Cape Verde

Santa Luzia is an island of the Barlavento archipelago in Cape Verde located between S?o Nicolau, Cape Verde and S?o Vicente, Cape Verde. The area is 35 km? ....
, Branco and Sal

Sal, Cape Verde

Sal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal, Cape Verde ....
. It can be found in a variety of habitats but is most common in lava plains, desert and dry scrub. It enters urban areas on islands where there are no Spanish Sparrow

Spanish Sparrow

The Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis, also sometimes called the Willow Sparrow, is a species of sparrow closely related to the House Sparrow....
s to compete with it.

It breeds in loose colonies, beginning in August and September with the onset of the humid season. The nest is made of grass, lined with hair and feathers and usually built in a hole in a cliff or wall. The female lays three to five eggs. The young birds are fed on insects. Adult Iago Sparrows feed mainly on seeds and leaves.

The Iago Sparrow is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the Rufous Sparrow

Rufous Sparrow

The Rufous Sparrow, Southern Rufous Sparrow or in South Africa the Great Sparrow, Passer motitensis, is found in Africa in dry, wooded Savanna and towns....
of mainland Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
.