House Sparrow
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House Sparrow

52:39 Mar 21, 2024
About this episode
This episode—which is number 93—is all about the the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), one of the world’s best known and most abundant birds. It expanded across the planet along with humans over the last 10,000 years, with the spread of agriculture. Today, this plucky little bird is a model organism for the study of basic bird biology. Over 7,000 scientific studies of the House Sparrow have been published. In this episode, we’ll get into what this species looks and sounds like, where it lives, its behavior, its breeding biology, and more.Links of InterestWorld Sparrow Day~~ Leave me a review using Podchaser ~~Link to this episode on the Science of Birds website Birding Tours with Wild LatitudesCheck out our line-up of awesome tours in 2027! Support the show
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