Russet sparrow

Japanese: russet sparrow(英語表記)russetsparrow
Russet sparrow

...From autumn to winter, large flocks of several hundred birds can be seen in rice paddy areas, roosting in pine forests and reed beds, but some pairs also sleep in holes in houses. The closely related species, P. rutilans (russet sparrow), looks very similar to sparrows but is slightly smaller, at about 14 cm in total length (illustration). It is found in southeastern Asia, Taiwan, Japan, Sakhalin, etc., and in Japan it breeds in forests from central Honshu northward, and in autumn it flies to rice paddies and fields mixed with flocks of sparrows. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "russet sparrow" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…秋から冬にかけて水田地帯に数百羽になる大群が見られ,松林やヨシ原などをねぐらにするが,人家の穴にねむるつがいもある。 近縁種のニュウナイスズメP.rutilans(英名russet sparrow)はスズメによく似ているがやや小さく,全長約14cm(イラスト)。アジア南東部,台湾,日本,サハリンなどに分布し,日本では本州中部以北の林で繁殖し,秋にスズメの群れに混じって水田や畑に飛来する。…

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