The House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Features

The house sparrow is probably the best known of all birds. This can be attributed to their abundance and the fact that they keep to settlements. In Slovenia, the house sparrow is a very common species that can be seen year round.

Species	Bird
Living space
Size	14 -18 cm
Weight	24 -40 g

Description

The male’s upper half is brown and and has black longitudinal stripes. Their napes are chocolate brown and their crowns are gray. Their black chins stretch down to their chests. The females are beige and brown, and their backs are striped. The female is also characterized by her light eyebrows and double stripes over the wings. The females do not have a double chin. Their call is a steady, tireless "cheek", and occasionally they produce a call consisting of two syllables. They generally eat seeds and, to a lesser extent, insect larvae, with which the females feed the chicks. They also survive on the remains of human food - crumbs of bread and the like. The sparrow, due to its aggressiveness and rapid means of reproduction, displaces indigenous birds wherever it nests. As it destroys seed stocks and has the potential to transmit infectious diseases, they are, in fact, considered pests.