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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

  • A black coat-tailed drongo like a late night dinner guest is chased across the water by two enraged house sparrows.
  • The findings emphasised research that suggested house sparrows and starlings were declining, though the reasons for the slump remain unclear. Times, Sunday Times
  • Even the house sparrow's song sounded harsh and sinister on the day.
  • This is how the edge of the forest mocks a birdwatcher: though I'm looking intently for warblers, vireos, and tanagers, I get only house sparrows.
  • The Falklands were colonised by house sparrows travelling aboard a fleet of whalers from Uruguay.
  • Cars and alien shrubs are being blamed for the mysterious disappearance of house sparrows from British towns and cities. Times, Sunday Times
  • By examining the genetics, we have shown conclusively that the Italian sparrow is of mixed origin - it is a hybrid of the house sparrow and the Spanish sparrow, " Dr Saetre told BBC Nature.
  • To lose it would be like losing house sparrows or hedgehogs from gardens. Times, Sunday Times
  • This is how the decline in house sparrows was first noticed. Times, Sunday Times
  • The kingdom of unloved avians is ruled by the trash triumvirate: House Sparrow, European Starling, and Rock Pigeon.
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