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 ...

A house sparrow or a sandhill crane? Never mind how these birds look, the names are on different planes. Maybe the scientific name will spice things up. Let’s see. Passer domesticus means ...

Three of the most notable of these non-native birds in Marin are European starlings, house sparrows and Eurasian collared-doves. First though, a qualification to the use of the term “non-native.” ...

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.

All three species like to nest in the boxes that I have provided, but the sparrows are larger, stronger and more aggressive than the other birds. What to do about them is a topic for another day.

The house sparrow is the most commonly seen bird in UK gardens, followed by the blue tit, the starling and the woodpigeon, according to RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch 2024.

House sparrows, on the other hand, are chunky birds, All About Birds says. The males have gray crowns and chestnut color necks, while female house sparrows can be identified from their buff, black ...