House Sparrow

House Sparrow

NL: Huismus
D: Haussperling
F: Moineau domestique
 
Latin name: Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bird group: Sparrows
 

Noisy and gregarious, these cheerful exploiters of man’s rubbish and wastefulness have managed to colonise most of the world. The ultimate avian opportunist perhaps. Monitoring suggests a severe decline in the house sparrow population, recently estimated as dropping by 71 per cent between 1977 and 2008 with substantial declines in both rural and urban populations. While the decline continues, Breeding Bird Survey data indicate recent population increases in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

What they eat:
Seeds and scraps.

Measurements:
Length: 14-15cm
Wingspan: 21-25.5cm
Weight: 24-38g

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