The Quelea bird (Black-Faced Dioch) is a sparrow-sized weaver that may be the world's most destructive grain-eating bird. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
I really don't know but they seemed about sparrow-sized to me and looked like tiny chickens waiting to be put on a rotisserie. From Wordnik.com. [Adventure, X2] Reference
You take little sparrow-sized sips, and you keep telling yourself you like the taste, and by the time you get to the bottom of the glass, it's true. From Wordnik.com. [The Burglar On The Prowl]
Each of these last incorporated a china dove, sparrow-sized if the roses were to be believed, lying dead with wings outstretched amid the pallid blooms. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
The five-hundred-square-mile enclave in which birds of this solitary flock chose to build their nests of heaped grass, deposit their mushroom-colored eggs and hatch their sparrow-sized chicks was a mere postage stamp on a vast package of forbidding terrain. From Wordnik.com. [Even Cowgirls Get The Blues]
The sparrow-sized shorebirds need a wide stretch of undisturbed beach and easy access to the water to raise their young, Maclearie-Hayduk said. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Genelia starving, Big B enjoys hot chocolate!] Reference
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