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house sparrow

NOUN
  1. small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe

How To Use house sparrow In A Sentence

  • Cars and alien shrubs are being blamed for the mysterious disappearance of house sparrows from British towns and cities. Times, Sunday Times
  • They might be taken at a glance for a plain, brown female house sparrow, but they are not sparrows at all. Times, Sunday Times
  • House sparrows and starlings seem to not care for the design of the house but tree swallows, bluebirds, chickadees and wrens really like it.
  • This is how the decline in house sparrows was first noticed. Times, Sunday Times
  • It turned out to be a large roost of house sparrows all trying to jam themselves into two small trees making a racket.
  • It is known to have mild effects on a wide range of British birds such as the dunnock, house sparrow, starling and the wood pigeon. UK garden birds hit by avian pox virus
  • Common predators of house sparrows include cats and other mammalian predators, birds of prey, and owls.
  • The problem for house sparrows may also be linked to a shortage of insects during the summer months. Times, Sunday Times
  • To lose it would be like losing house sparrows or hedgehogs from gardens. Times, Sunday Times
  • In the mid 1960s deaths from salmonellosis were reported in greenfinches and house sparrows feeding at bird tables in gardens.
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