Rare Spanish sparrow in the Netherlands

This is a video about a Spanish sparrow, on 26 October 2014 on the Maasvlakte in the Netherlands.

This south European species is rare in central and northern Europe.

André Strootman made the video.

North African hybrid sparrows (Passer domesticus, P. hispaniolensis) back from oblivion – ecological segregation and asymmetric mitochondrial introgression between parental species: here.

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