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    Marginal-covert moult in the House Sparrow Passer domesticus 

    Guallar, Santi; Carillo-Ortiz, José; Quesada, Javier (2022-08-24)

    Marginal coverts are often neglected in passerine moult studies due to their small size and large number. Here, we document eight moult components of this group of wing coverts in a House Sparrow population from Barcelona ...

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    Moulting in the wrong season? A house sparrow replacing a significant part of its plumage in winter 

    Guallar, Santi; Quesada, Javier (2021-12-23)

    Extra moult episodes in wild passerines have rarely if ever been documented. Here, we report a case of a possible extra moult episode in a House Sparrow Passer domesticus, a species with just one moult per annual cycle. ...

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    On the lookout for danger: House Sparrow alert distance in three cities 

    Mac-Gregor-Fors, Ian; Quesada, Javier; Lee, Jeffrey G.-H.; Yeh, Pamela J. (2019-06-17)

    The House Sparrow Passer domesticus, closely associated with human presence along urban–agricultural landscapes and widely distributed outside its native range, has shown great morphological and physiological variations, ...

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    Records of fatal attacks by Rose-ringed parakeets "Psittacula krameri" on native avifauna 

    Covas, Laia; Senar, Juan Carlos; Roqué Roqué, Laura; Quesada, Javier (2017-11-07)

    Interspecific interactions between invasive and native fauna are poorly studied. Here we report six fatal attacks by Rose-ringed Parakeets Psittacula krameri, one of the most successful invasive avian species in Europe, ...