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British Population Size:
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Summer:
13 million birds
in 1994-00
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First Record:
Recorded in Anglo-Saxon times
[Fossil evidence from
Devensian (last) glaciation, 10-120,000 yr ago]
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Latest Survey:
Robinson et al. (2005) Ibis 147:552-562
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Conservation Status:
RED
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline,
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
RED
1996-2001
GREEN
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Races of Concern:
domesticus RED (Recent Decline)
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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Most frequent in:
Towns
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Also common in:
Villages
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
53 to 110 million pairs
(Trend in Numbers)
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Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
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Distribution in Europe mapped by the EBCC Atlas
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
None
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Breeding and Survival
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Egg Size:
22 x 16 mm
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Egg Weight:
2.9 g (of which 7 % is shell)
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Number of Nest Records:
269
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Clutch Size:
4 - 5 eggs
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4.15 ± 0.84 (2 - 7) N = 2087
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Incubation:
13- 15 days
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13.61 ± 2.43 (9.5 - 18.5) N = 2087
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by the:
Female
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Fledging:
15 - 17days
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15.55 ± 2.00 (12 - 19) N = 2973
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as:
Altricial, naked
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Source:
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British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
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First Clutches Laid:
14 May (27 Mar - 11 Jul)
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Number of Broods:
2-3(4)
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See trends in Breeding Productivity
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Number Ringed:
Annual Totals
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Adult Survival:
0.571
± 0.009
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Juvenile Survival:
0.489 (in First-Year)
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Age at First Breeding:
1
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Typical Lifespan:
3
years
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Maximum Recorded Age:
12 years 0 months 12 days (set in 1978)
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Read a summary of Ringing Recoveries
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Biometrics
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Ring Size:
B
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Wing Length
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Adult:
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76.9 ± 2.4
Range
62.0 - 89.0 mm, (N = 15876)
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Juvenile:
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73.7 ± 2.4
Range
59.0 - 89.0 mm, (N = 48674)
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Male:
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78.1 ± 2.0
Range
64.0 - 89.0 mm, (N = 9110)
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Female:
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75.4 ± 1.9
Range
62.0 - 89.0 mm, (N = 6692)
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Weight
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Adult:
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27.16 ± 3.88
Range
17.90 - 35.60 g , (N =13060)
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Juvenile:
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25.8 ± 2.2
Range
17.8 - 35.0 . , (N =42749)
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Male:
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27.24 ± 4.77
Range
17.90 - 35.30 g , (N =7482)
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Female:
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27.07 ± 2.17
Range
18.00 - 35.60 g , (N =5513)
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Seasonal:
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Summer 27.05 ± 2.04 (N = 14385)
Autumn 27.56 ± 2.10 (N = 3011)
Winter 27.28 ± 1.93 (N = 10915)
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Source:
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British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
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Other Names
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Gaelic:
Gealbhonn
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Welsh:
Aderyn y Tô
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Danish:
Grĺspurv
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Dutch:
Huismus
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Finnish:
Varpunen
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French:
Moineau domestique
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German:
Haussperling
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Hungarian:
Házi veréb
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Icelandic:
Gráspör
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Irish:
Gealbhan Binne
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Italian:
Passera europea
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Norwegian:
Grĺspurv
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Polish:
Wróbel zwyczajny
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Portuguese:
Pardal-comum
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Spanish:
Gorrión doméstico
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Swedish:
Grĺsparv
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Local Names:Spug
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Collective Noun:Host (or Tribe)
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For More Information...
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Books and Monographs:
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Summers-Smith, J.D. 1963 The house sparrow Collins, London
[598.972 SUM]
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Summers-Smith, J.D. 1994 Studies of West Palearctic birds: House Sparrow British Birds 87:593-603
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Case, T.R. 2006 Biology of the ubiqitous House Sparrow University Press, Oxford
[598.972 CAS]
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See Also:
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Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
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