House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Gråspurv

Gråspurv

Short abstract from the book:
The house sparrow is a common breeding bird all over the country, from city centres to rural farmland. In Denmark the first house sparrow was ringed in 1899, with most ringed in the first half of the 1970s. The recovered house sparrows were ringed all over the country and throughout the year, most in July. Tree birds ringed abroad have been recovered in Denmark. The recoveries show that Danish house sparrows are very sedentary: 84 % of the recoveries were within 1 km of the ringing site and 98 % within 10 km. The recoveries of the 20 birds that had moved more than 10 km did not indicate any preferred dispersal direction. The longest distance for a Danish house sparrow was 78 km. One bird was recovered abroad (from Hesselø to Sweden), and one German and two Swedish birds were recovered in Denmark. The main cause of death is collisions with vehicles. Before 1970 11 % had been reported killed in traffic and after 1970 the proportion increased to 20 %. Before 1970 18 % had been shot and 4 % killed by cats; after 1970 these proportions were 5 % and 8 % respectively.

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlas here

Ringing data for House Sparrow

 
Datavisning: genmeldinger    genmeldinger/mærkninger    mærkninger
Sæson: alle    vinter    forår    sommer    efterår
Periode: alle    før 2003    2003 og frem    seneste 365 dage


Data

Birds ringed
Birds ringed 13.336
Ringed as chicks 388 (2,9%)
Recoveries
No. of recoveries 1316
No. of individuals 0
Proportion recovered 0,0%