A male house sparrow. Birders may look down on this species, but it is one of the most successful on Earth. Great sparrow (or southern rufous sparrow or rufous sparrow), Passer motitensis, at Marakele ...

The house sparrow's Latin name is Passer domesticus. Passer is Latin for sparrow. Domesticus is you in your house and yard — domesticated. If you can't find people at a particular location you're ...