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Featured articleCape sparrow is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
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Article milestones
DateProcessResult
June 7, 2013Good article nomineeListed
April 3, 2017Featured article candidatePromoted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on March 23, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Cape Sparrow (pictured) successfully competes with its introduced relative, the House Sparrow?
Current status: Featured article


GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Cape Sparrow/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: FunkMonk (talk · contribs) 20:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi, I will review this article. FunkMonk (talk) 20:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "and the male has some black and white markings." Maybe add "black and white markings on its head and neck"?
  • "been recorded declining significantly" Looks a bit awkward. To decline?
  • "but in these areas has such a low reproductive success that populations cannot be maintained without immigration." Why?
  • The image under taxonomy seems a bit misplaced. Perhaps better under habitat or description?
    • There only really are relevant images for the behaviour section, so I just added extra photos. But I've moved it to dist/habitat and added an image of a male seen from the front to description. —innotata 20:06, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "which is sometimes merged with melanurus" Synonymised with would be more accurate, and perhaps less ambiguous.
  • "There are reports by birdwatchers in suburban areas of South Africa of both increases in some regions" Specify what is being increased.
  • "Instances of hybridisation with the House Sparrow,[7] the Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, and the Sudan Golden Sparrow have been reported.[27]" Infertile?
  • "Clutches are larger further south, and during the peak of the breeding season." Why?
New edits are nice. If the answers to my questions can't be found at all, it won't hold the promotion back, of course. FunkMonk (talk) 04:33, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think I've addressed all your issues above. —innotata 18:41, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nice, passed then! FunkMonk (talk) 19:29, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hummingbird sparrows? (Hovering)

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The article says, "Often birds will fly up and hover 30–60 centimetres (12–24 in) above the ground." I'm no ornithologist but they taught me in zoology school that only hummingbirds among the Aves can hover. Has that dictum changed? IAmNitpicking (talk) 15:00, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]