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House Sparrow

 

You can find House Sparrows most places where there are houses (or other buildings), and few places where there aren’t. Along with two other introduced species, the European Starling and the Rock Pigeon, these are some of our most common birds. Their constant presence outside our doors makes them easy to overlook, and their tendency to displace native birds from nest boxes causes some people to re

 

Photo courtesy of J. M. Garg 2025
Text courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology 2025