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The unsourced range map appears to be a bit inaccurate. One of the pictures featured in the article shows a pair of sparrows in Rome, yet the map shows they are not in Italy at all. I also find it hard to believe that they are native to the Arabian dessert and small spots in the middle of the Sahara.
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I added the cleanup template because IMO the article is cluttered with images, many of which are redundant. For example, we don't need three sets of image comparisons of male and female sparrows. The description and behavior sections are most in need of a cleanup – either by removing images or
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rearranging them so that they don't impede the reading of the article text (e.g. galleries). I would do this myself, but since one of my own images is present in the article, that would probably constitute an issue of bias...
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I listened to the recording of the House Sparrow call in this article, and all I hear are some wind noises in the microphone. The actual call seems to be missing from the recording. I'm not sure how to fix this.
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Frankly I don't think the amount of pictures is disturbing. A little less is ok - most of them are appropriate and illustrating the paragraph effectively. Remove some - feel free to select your own.
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How about The Great Sparrow War of the 1870s in USA??? (It is like Great Sparrow Campaign in China from 1958 to 1962) Please see
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Add info on population estimates, maybe including for North America – text formerly gave estimate from 1940s
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The map in Peterson, R., Mountfort, G. and Hollom, P.A.D. 1967.
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