Italian Sparrow Passer italiae

The male Italian Sparrow is similar to the Spanish Sparrow but without (or with much less) streaking on its body. Its body is more similar to the House Sparrow, but the chestnut head without grey crown, the white eyebrow and the facial markings are like the Spanish Sparrow. Some authorities do not recognise it as a separate species but as a stable hybrid of the House and Spanish Sparrows that overlap part of its range of northern/central Italy and part of France/Switzerland/Austria.

The female Italian Sparrow is also an intermediate between the House and Spanish Sparrows with a strong "supercilium" and stronger marking on the wings than the House Sparrow.