Help with ID

[karebu]

My friend sent it to me through mms so the pictures are very very small.

Can anyone figure out roughly what bird this is? Thank you! :)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/896/sdsc00223bv1.jpg

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/1504/sdsc00224vt6.jpg

[bg info: We are in SE asia, Singapore - that's where the bird is found]

[Janie]

If you were in the USA I would say a young song sparrow fledgling but I have no idea about what birds are in your area. You might "google" birds of Singapore and find info. there.

[karebu]

umm that's kinda hard. there's not much research that i know of about wildlife here. (there's practically none here. it's a small island 680sqkm or 260sqmiles)

does it look like a house finch?

a tree sparrow is common here too.

[kimsbirds]

I have raised and released a few baby sparrows in my bird years (the ones the kids in the neighborhood brought to me) and I'd have to say that does look like a sparrow youngster. They are carnivorous...bugs, flies, meal worms, crickets etc. How's the lil one doing today?

[linda040899]

If you have Mockingbirds in Singapore, that's what I thought when I opened the links. Are there white patches on each wing? That's one characteristic that easy to identify. Or is this bird smaller?

[karebu]

oooh. it's feasting on juicy mealworms from what i heard.

(are finches carnivorous as well?)

[karebu]

If you have Mockingbirds in Singapore, that's what I thought when I opened the links. Are there white patches on each wing? That's one characteristic that easy to identify. Or is this bird smaller?

let me try to get my friend in here. she might be able to fill in on the details. :)