House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a common bird, a part of human residences. In Telugu it is called as ‘Pichchuka’, by its call “pichuk….pichuk…..’. It is also called as Vura pichchuka (Village sparrow) as the female resembles Paddy Field Pipit (Anthus novaseelandiae). Basically sparrow is a cleft dweller. It uses clefts of tiled and palm roofs, ceilings, ventilators, behind the wall hanged photo-frames, electrical meter boxes for nesting. It is a secondary consumer in the food chain, feed on grains, flowers and insects. House Sparrow became endangered species by its rapid decline during the past four decades. Habitat loss, selective hunting, Global warming are some of the causes for their decline. Changes in the technological advancements reduce availability of food to the sparrows in and around our habitats. Lack of food resources was the main reason for decline of sparrows. In India, the population of house sparrow has been decreased from the past four decades. In the southern states such as Andhra Pradesh 80% decline was noticed. In some towns they were completely disappeared.. In some towns they were completely vanished. Stressors, non-availability of food are some of the main causes for their decline in urban areas. Habitat destruction is the major cause for their extinction in majority of the areas where the number has been reduced to minimum level. Pesticides and pollutants entered into food chain that causes the mortality of nestlings. Efforts of bird lovers, bird conservators, NGOs and other organizations, increased House sparrow population to certain extent. This made the IUCN to include the House sparrow among its “Least Concern” species in the year 2018. Yet there is no significant change in its status in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

We provide artificial habitats (nest boxes) for conservation of House Sparrow.