The house sparrow - Passer domesticus

One of the many bird species who are having a hard time to survive. Since 1960, the number of breeding pairs decreased by 50%. The big reason to put the House Sparrow on red list of endangered bird species.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

I've read about that earlier. What was the reason for the decline? Posted 11 years ago
1. Wendy
  
  Lion
  
  The main reasons of decline are expanding the urban environment and the lack of suitable nesting sites :( Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    It seems everything is in decline, butterflies as well :(
    
    For what it's worth, our garden does attract quite a few of these each year. I have to be honest in that our cat is quite a bird fan as well, yet it seems to prefer the blue tit, which is very abundant. Posted 11 years ago
  2. 1. Wendy
      
      Lion
      
      Great to hear! We have a big colony in our garden too. Each year we have a lot of new babies. It so much fun to watch them growing up. I really hope that they are going to survive :) Posted 11 years ago

The House sparrow

The house sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. A small bird, it has a typical length of 16 cm and a weight of 24–39.5 g. Females and young birds are coloured pale brown and grey, and males have brighter black, white, and brown markings.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Wendy

By Wendy

Uploaded Aug 9, 2014. Captured in Stadhoudersweg, 3039 Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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