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ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Adult White cheek with black ear patch is distinctive. Small population introduced from Europe now breeds in a small part of the midwestern US. Dickcissel – Female The female Dickcissel has a longer, heavier bill than a female House Sparrow. It also has a yellow eyebrow that the House Sparrow does not have. White Crowned Sparrow - Immature Juvenile White crowned sparrows have reddish-brown crowns and thin white wingbars, whereas female House Sparrows have a pale brown crown without distinct wingbars. House Finch Female Immature Female House Finches have heavily streaked underparts and lack the female House Sparrow’s broad buffy eyebrow stripe. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Bird Banding Laboratory 2015. Partners in Flight (2017). Avian Assessment Database. 2017. Conservation Sauer, J. R., D. K. Niven, J. E. Hines, D. J. Ziolkowski, Jr., K. L. Pardieck, J. E. Fallon, and W. A. Link (2017). The North American Vol 4 | Issue 2 |Mar - Apr 2019 Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966–2015. Version 2.07.2017. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD, USA. Sibley, D. A. (2014). The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, USA. Source: allaboutbirds 105