Think telling sparrows apart is just not worth the effort? Our tips might change your mind. Identify sparrows by habitat, ...

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I've always loved white-throated sparrows, Zonotrichia albicollis. Not only are these handsome birds the sister species to my own dissertation bird, the white-crowned sparrow, Z. leucophrys, but I ...

Shield of Sparrows by bestselling author Devney Perry has been ranked among the most-read books of the year in the United ...

How can the most familiar of birds be the source of one of the natural world's greatest mysteries? There, tantalisingly, is the paradox of the house sparrow, the everyday companion of man for the past ...

House sparrows are everywhere, it seems. Snacking on discarded food in the streets of the world’s cities and towns, popping up around seed spills on farmlands, and nesting in the eaves of our ...

The house sparrow's Latin name is Passer domesticus. Passer is Latin for sparrow. Domesticus is you in your house and yard — domesticated. If you can't find people at a particular location you're ...

When I first began bird watching (“birding”) in Washington State, I quickly learned that some birds are more equal than others. Some, like the house sparrow, Passer domesticus, are alien invasive ...