← Alle voëls – All birds
📷 (c) Tristan Scholze, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tristan Scholze · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Gryskopmossie
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer diffusus
Familie / Family: Passeridae
Spesienommer / Species number: 4142
🏡 Bly hier – Resident
Hierdie voël bly die hele jaar by ons.
This bird lives here all year round.
Afrikaans
'n Mossie met 'n grys kop, 'n rooibruin rug en vlerke, 'n wit kol op die skouer en 'n grysbruin pens. Dit eet sade en insekte.
Waar by die skool? Kyk op die grasperke en in bome.
Wil jy weet? Dit maak dikwels nes in gate in bome, en soms in die ou neste van wewers.
English
A sparrow with a grey head, a red-brown back and wings, a white shoulder spot and a grey-brown belly. It eats seeds and insects.
Where at school? Look on the lawns and in trees.
Did you know? It often nests in holes in trees, and sometimes in old weaver nests.
