Talk:Russet sparrow

message: I'll try and dig up the HBW this weekend. The main comment from a quick glance is organisational. In the section description, I'd break it into two paragraphs, and have on section on general morphology and a second on plumage and moults. I'll take a closer look later. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 01:22, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: However do you do that with the description? (I've never seen that in an article.) I don't entirely feel up to it; maybe I'll come up with a different organisation. I also want to focus on House Sparrow. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 01:26, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

text: Golden White-eye is currently progressing nicely through FAC and isn't much longer; some species just don't have as much info, but if you use everything there is that isn't a problem. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 20:57, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

text: Have you read this paper? It has info on the fledging time and nestling care of birds in Japan. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 21:05, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll take a look. There don't seem to be that many papers on this species (I only found one (the one on breeding season feeding with atrocious English—"the Caterpillar, as we have seen is the most important food for Russet Sparrow"—) using a Google Scholar search for "Passer rutilans", plus the woodpecker paper that mentions it briefly). —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 21:38, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The paper wasn't of as much use I expected, since it uses a strange sort of jargon I've never seen before, and is quite focused on the issue of nestling weight. Nothing clear about incubation periods etc., but I've added a bit of information. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 22:13, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pre-GA comments 

message: Winter visitor only to northern Thailand according to  and   Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 17:13, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I tweaked a bit Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 17:13, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: For FA, I would delink common countries eg India, China, and common words like "wing" Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 17:13, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There are no dabs or dead links Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 17:13, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright: I'll add your suggested Thailand information. I've already checked for dabs and dead links; the Vaurie paper link is a redirect, but the page says to cite that url. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 17:58, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

text: With this bird probably anything is worth adding. Can you add it, since I don't know how to cite it? —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 20:59, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Thailand

message: *"It has a thick bill suited to eating seeds, which is yellowish or pale grey, with a dusky tip on non-breeding adults and juveniles, and black or blackish on breeding birds." Spot the misplaced modifier!
::Wonder how that got there. Probably when I made alterations during the GA review.
*The sentence about flight, coming as it does in the midst of measurements and clinal variations, seems misplaced.
::I've moved it, but I'm not really satisfied with the arrangement of non-plumage description either.
*You might consider using the modifier |abbr=on for your convert templates; this means the template won't spell out centimetres (for example) every single time you use it.  (Just learned about this one myself...)
::Done.
*Birds of the subspecies rutilans have the cheeks and the sides of their neck off-white..."  Why not "Birds of the subspecies rutilans are off-white on their cheeks and the sides of their necks..."
::Added.
*Commas are missing in a number of places: for example, "In the Himalayas the Russet Sparrow breeds from..." and "In most of its range the Russet Sparrow breeds ..."
MeegsC | Talk 18:53, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, in the distribution section. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 19:05, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  A few comments  

message: There is some doubts about name, authorship and date of this bird here.--Earwig (talk) 15:05, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. It was the discussion at birdforum that brought me here. IOC have 1836 for the description by Temminck and that by Gould but give priority to Temminck. This seems doubtful. - Aa77zz (talk) 11:14, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Author and name 

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