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-<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''Passeridae'''</th></tr>
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-<small>''[[Zebra Finch]]''</small></td></tr>
-</td></tr><tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''[[Scientific classification]]'''</th></tr>
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-<tr><td>[[Kingdom (biology)|Kingdom]]: </td><td>[[Animal]]ia  </td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[Phylum (biology)|Phylum]]:</td><td>[[Chordate|Chordata]] </td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[Class (biology)|Class]]: </td><td>[[Aves]] </td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[Order (biology)|Order]]: </td><td>[[Passeriformes]] </td></tr>
-<tr><td>[[Family (biology)|Family]]:</td><td>'''Passeridae'''</td></tr>
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-<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>[[Genera]]</th></tr>
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-''Many: see text.''
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-The bird family '''Passeridae''' includes the Old World or true [[sparrow]]s and, depending on the authority consulted, their close relatives, the [[estrildid finch]]es.
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-The 25 species of true sparrow are native to [[Europe]], [[Africa]] and [[Asia]], but a few species, notably the [[House Sparrow]] have been introduced to other continents are are now virtually cosmopolitan. Most sparrows are small, plump, brownish or greyish seed eating birds with short tails and powerful short beaks.
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-Like the true sparrows, the estrildid finches are small, gregarious, and often colonial seed-eaters with short, thick but pointed bills. They are broadly similar in structure and habits, but tend to be very colourful and vary greatly in their plumage. About 140 species are native to the old world tropics and Australasia.
-Some taxonomic schemes list the estralid finches as the seperate family [[Estrildidae]], leaving just the true sparrows in Passeridae, others regard the two groups as a single [[family (biology)|family]]. [[American sparrow]]s are not closely related to the Passeridae, and are placed in the family [[Emberizidae]].
-For more detail, see [[sparrow]] and [[estrildid finch]]