The Sind sparrow (Passer pyrrhonotus) is a bird of the sparrow family,
Passeridae, found around the Indus valley region in South Asia. Very
similar to the house sparrow, it is smaller and has distinguishing
plumage features. This species was long thought to be very closely
related to the house sparrow, but its closest evolutionary affinities
may lie elsewhere. The male has brighter plumage than female and young
birds; it has black markings, a grey crown, and a chestnut stripe
running down its head behind the eye. The female has a darker head than
other sparrow species do. Its main vocalisations are soft chirping calls
that are extended into longer songs. Within its Indus valley breeding
range in Pakistan and western India, the Sind sparrow is patchily
distributed in riverine and wetland habitats with thorny scrub and tall
grass. During the non-breeding season, some birds migrate into western
Pakistan and the extreme east of Iran. This fairly common species has
been expanding its range.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sind_sparrow>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1833:
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery
in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833>
1909:
A military coup d'etat against the government of Dimitrios
Rallis began in the Goudi neighbourhood of Athens, Greece.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goudi_coup>
1955:
African American teenager Emmett Till was murdered near Money,
Mississippi, for flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent
American civil rights movement.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till>
1993:
The asteroid 243 Ida became the first found to have a moon when
it was visited by NASA's Galileo probe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/243_Ida>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
undercurrent:
1. A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a
different direction from surface currents.
2. (figuratively) A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed
rather than exposed.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/undercurrent>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what
happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of
your life.
--Neil Simon
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Simon>