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An audio recording of a house sparrow. The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. It is a small bird that has a typical length of 16 cm (6.3 in) and a mass of 24–39.5 g (0.85–1.39 oz).
Passer is a genus of sparrows, also known as the true sparrows. The genus contains 28 species and includes the house sparrow and the Eurasian tree sparrow, two of the most common birds in the world. They are small birds with thick bills for eating seeds, and are mostly coloured grey or brown.
Male house sparrow in Germany Yellow-throated sparrow at Keoladeo National Park, India Sparrow in Tharparkar, Sindh . Generally, Old World sparrows are small, plump, brown and grey birds with short tails and stubby, powerful beaks.
World Sparrow Day is a day designated to raise awareness of the house sparrow and then other common birds to urban environments, and of threats to their populations, observed on 20 March. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is an international initiative by the Nature Forever Society of India in collaboration with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation (France) and numerous ...
The range of the house sparrow has expanded dramatically due to human activities. [65] Birds live and breed in most terrestrial habitats and on all seven continents, reaching their southern extreme in the snow petrel's breeding colonies up to 440 kilometres (270 mi) inland in Antarctica. [66] The highest bird diversity occurs in tropical regions.
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The house sparrow and Eurasian tree sparrow are the most frequent victims of roadkill on the roads of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. [71] The maximum recorded age is 13.1 years, [ 30 ] but three years is a typical lifespan.