Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:House sparrow portrait.jpg

House sparrow portrait

Original - A juvenile house sparrow has a pink bill and an obvious nestling gape - the soft, swollen base, which becomes harder and less swollen as the bird matures.

Reason

Good quality and EV, the only juvenile house sparrow picture in the article. The bird was app 5 inches long, the head around an inch or two. QI and already feaured at commons without any opposition.

Articles this image appears in

House Sparrow, Songbird, Sparrow

Creator

Muhammad

• Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 14:36, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support many of the important differences seem to be around the head. Sparrows must be practically everywhere. Noodle snacks (talk) 03:08, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support A couple weeks ago, one of those birds for some reason flew to my pants and just hung there with its claws penetrating my pants and scratching me. Weird. ZooFari 03:24, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support Would liked an image of the whole bird where the detailed head is a part of for an encyclopedia. But it is good enough --Richard Bartz (talk) 00:34, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:House sparrow portrait.jpg MER-C 02:01, 8 May 2009 (UTC)