Listen to the house sparrow
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About the house sparrow
The house sparrow is a bird in the family Passeridae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 24 cm and weigh around 31 g.
What does the house sparrow sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song, call, alarm call and begging call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. It is a small bird that has a typical length of 16 cm (6.3 in) and a mass of 24–39.5 g (0.85–1.39 oz). Females and young birds are coloured pale brown and grey, and males have brighter black, white, and brown markings. One of 28 species in the genus Passer, the house sparrow is native to most of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, and a large part of Asia. Its intentional or accidental introductions to many regions, including parts of Australasia, Africa, and the Americas, make it the most widely distributed wild bird.
Related birds in the genus Passer
More from the family Passeridae
Frequently asked questions
What does a house sparrow sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the house sparrow on this page, including its song, call and alarm call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the house sparrow endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the house sparrow as “least concern”.
What family does the house sparrow belong to?
The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) belongs to the family Passeridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) (W1CDR0001537 BD13) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands by Joost van Bruggen – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Fontaine-le-Comte, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Alarm call, begging call, call, song · Paris, Arrondissement de… by Antonio – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Rosebery, Bayside Council, New South Wales, Australia by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Benková Potǒň, Slovakia by Alexander Kurthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q14683 – CC0
- Wikipedia: House sparrow – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Rhododendrites – CC BY-SA 4.0