It is a small 12-13 cm long sparrow which breeds in dry lowlands with some shrubs, including tamarisk, and access to water. It builds a nest in a tree, and 4-7 eggs are laid.
The male Dead Sea Sparrow has a grey crown, rear neck and cheeks, and a small black bib. It has a pale supercilium shading to buff at the rear, and yellow neck sides. The upperparts are dark-streaked reddish brown, and the underpants are grey-white.
The female is like a small House Sparrow, with a streaked brown back, greyish head and buff-white underpants. She is paler and smaller billed than her relative, and sometimes shows yellow on the neck sides.
The eastern race P. m. yatii is sandier, and the male has a yellow wash to the underpants.
This species feeds principally on seeds, like other sparrows. The chirping song resembles those of House and Spanish Sparrows, but is weaker. The flight call is a high-pitched chi-wit. This species is often silent.
Dead sea sparrow is a resident bird in Jericho and it is breading there, and we can see it in whole year.
This has been written by the Researcher: Baha' Ishaq