Learn what a male and female house sparrow looks like, what foods this bird eats, what it sounds like, and why birders dislike this species.

The four most numerous bird species in the world as listed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) — house sparrow, barn swallow, European starling and ring-billed gull — are found in ...

Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, house finch and house sparrow. Here’s a quick bio ...

Many of the UK’s bird species are in serious decline, largely due to habitat destruction and the collapse of food chains ...

The bird was the well-known house sparrow. You might ask who is not familiar with the common sparrow. The answer is, children growing up today.

A male house sparrow was one of the first birds I really “saw” as a kid. I still remember my dad’s reaction when I looked out our living room window at a male house sparrow on the eaves of ...

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire are using solar-powered tags to track salt marsh sparrows and collect data ...

Birds can nest in inconvenient spots like flower pots, planters, and hanging baskets. There are rules against disturbing ...

Sparrows, blue tits and starlings top the list of birds spotted in UK gardens this year –but some once-common species are now in steep decline, experts have warned. The RSPB’s Big Garden ...

First off you will notice that these two birds look very similar. Both are males, but the house sparrow was photographed in the winter, while the Spanish sparrow was photographed in the summer.

These three birds — starlings, house sparrows and collared-doves — are not native to California, or to America. Is that grounds for disdain?