{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Swiss Ornithological Institute","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/","title":"Vogelarten: Italian Sparrow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"O56W0cC1cE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/italian-sparrow\/\">Italian Sparrow<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/en\/birds-of-switzerland\/italian-sparrow\/embed\/#?secret=O56W0cC1cE\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Italian Sparrow&#8221; &#8212; Swiss Ornithological Institute\" data-secret=\"O56W0cC1cE\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.vogelwarte.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5252_1.jpg","thumbnail_width":1600,"thumbnail_height":1200,"description":"The Italian Sparrow is in many ways similar to the House Sparrow and used to be regarded as its subspecies. In Switzerland, its occurrence is restricted to the Ticino and the southern valleys of the canton of Grisons. It can also be encountered locally in the Valais. In the Alps, where the ranges of House and Italian Sparrow meet, there is a wide overlap zone where fertile hybrids between the two species occur. It can be quite worthwhile to take a closer look at the sparrows in southern Switzerland and to pay special attention to the colouring of their crown that varies between grey and chestnut brown."}