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837:Père David's snowfinch
817:White-rumped snowfinch
799:Black-winged snowfinch
789:White-winged snowfinch
685:Arabian golden sparrow
675:Eurasian tree sparrow
650:Parrot-billed sparrow
235:William John Swainson
847:Blanford's snowfinch
696:Passer predomesticus
680:Sudan golden sparrow
589:Plain-backed sparrow
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272:in most of Eurasia.
610:Abd al-Kuri sparrow
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290:African sand martin
250:grey-headed sparrow
227:Ethiopian Highlands
223:grey-headed sparrow
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645:Swainson's sparrow
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457:Swainson's sparrow
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