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WORLD'S MOST WIDESPEAD SONGBIRD
The House Sparrow (sometimes called the English Sparrow) was introduced in New York City from Europe in the 1850s.
It is currently found throughout North and South America, Eurasia, North and South Africa and Australia.
A mere 6" (15 cm.), it inhabits both cities and farms. By the early 20th century, they were established over most of North America
With the popularity of automobiles, they began to decline; fewer horses meant less undigested grain to be gleaned from horse manure.
House Sparrows are noisy and aggressive; found in pairs in the nesting season, but in family groups and flocks after breeding. They feed and roost in huge flocks, and will take over nesting cavities of other species.
They forage on the ground, in trees and shrubs in both urban and rural areas, looking for insects, caterpillars, seed, grains and fruit.
Overall, the species appears to be gradually declining. They out-compete other secondary-cavity nesters, but do lose out to Starlings.
As far I know, they are the national bird of nowhere!
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Barry theBirder
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