![]() ![]() The House Sparrow's diet is diverse: seeds, nuts, berries, buds, Your browser does not support the audio element. These are really very characteristic and show the House Sparrow’s quite close relationship to the weaver birds which build similar nests in the tropics.įind out more about House Sparrows on BirdFacts and the Wider Countryside Report.Site Map Album Info Quiz Shop Links About Bird Guide Barn Owl Blackbird Blackcap Black-headed Gull Black Redstart Blue Tit Brambling Bullfinch Buzzard Carrion Crow Chaffinch Chiffchaff Coal Tit Collared Dove Common Gull Coot Crested Tit Crossbill Cuckoo Dunnock Feral Pigeon Fieldfare Garden Warbler Goldcrest Goldfinch Goshawk Great Black-backed Gull Great Spotted Woodpecker Great Tit Greenfinch Green Woodpecker Grey Heron Grey Partridge Grey Wagtail Hawfinch Herring Gull Hoopoe House Martin House Sparrow Jackdaw Jay Kestrel Kingfisher Lapwing Lesser Black-backed Gull Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Lesser Whitethroat Linnet Little Owl Long-eared Owl Long-tailed Tit Magpie Mallard Marsh Tit Meadow Pipit Mistle Thrush Moorhen Nightingale Nuthatch Peregrine Pheasant Pied Flycatcher Pied Wagtail Quail Raven Red Kite Red-legged Partridge Redpoll Redstart Redwing Reed Bunting Ring-necked Parakeet Robin Rook Sand Martin Serin Short-eared Owl Siskin Skylark Song Thrush Sparrowhawk Spotted Flycatcher Starling Stock Dove Stonechat Swallow Swift Tawny Owl Treecreeper Tree Sparrow Turtle Dove Waxwing Whinchat Whitethroat Willow Tit Willow Warbler Wood Pigeon Wren Yellow Wagtail Yellowhammer The normal nest sites are holes in buildings but if these are not available they regularly build untidy detached nests within ivy. ![]() It seems that males with small bibs can be induced to behave more boldly if they have bigger and blacker bibs painted on them! The black bib is the badge he uses and this is very important for him. She will judge the male by his vigorous behaviour and also by his plumage. This is defended vigorously and used as the ultimate come-on for the female. The individual territory of the male House Sparrow really only consists of the nesting hole and a very small area around it. Work elsewhere suggests that a decline in the availability of invertebrates may have reduced productivity. ![]() However, the factors behind the urban and suburban declines are more difficult to isolate.īTO Research, such as that carried out through the BTO House Sparrow Survey, has highlighted the importance of urban greenspace (notably allotments and houses with large gardens) for feeding and the presence of suitable nesting opportunities. Agricultural change, loss of nest sites and reduced food availability appears to have influenced rural populations. The decline in House Sparrows has been going on for several decades and there appear to be different factors influencing rural and suburban populations. House Sparrows make a wide range of chirping and chattering sounds the courtship song being rather unkindly described as ‘a monotonous series of the call note'. Adult females and juvenile birds of both sexes are typically sandy brown in colour with brown and grey streaks on the back and wings. In winter, the bib is reduced and the brown at the sides of the head becomes flecked with grey. The back is warm brown, streaked with black but with a few white wing feathers. The black bib is wide and extends down onto the chest. Adult males are distinctive, the crown and nape are grey and only the sides of the head are brown. The overall appearance is somewhat scruffy due to the loose nature of the plumage. ![]() The House Sparrow is a small but sturdily built bird with a stout bill designed for eating seeds. ![]()
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