#and generally speaking male birds have more striking plumage compared to female birds of the same species

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today i learnt that a number of my classmates didn’t know how to differentiate between male and female house sparrows despite them looking incredibly different from on another. who the fuck doesnt know th e difference between male and female sparrow plumage????? anyway one of my friends said there’s a solid 8/10 likelihood i’ve got some kind of autism im sure that’s unrelated

#for the record i was genuinely shocked. if u compare the males and females they are so obviously sexually dimorphic #and generally speaking male birds have more striking plumage compared to female birds of the same species #so the ones without the black and white facial markings are clearly female. i’ve known this for years #personally i just think they don’t look at birds enough