tree sparrow

Questions about tree sparrow

What does tree sparrow mean?

tree sparrow means "Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for tree sparrow?

Close synonyms include Passer montanus, Spizella arborea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tree sparrow a common word?

tree sparrow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.