Population and Nesting Records of House Sparrow <i>Passer domesticus </i> in Yellampet, Nizamabad District, Telangana, India

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Studied the population and nesting records of House Sparrow Passer domesticus during winter in Yellampet village, Telangana. The ecological density of House Sparrow was investigated using fixed width transects. The density of sparrow vary from 15 to 335 per hectare in different transects. Bonferroni confidence interval was used to know the preference of location types i.e., houses, shops and hotels for foraging and nesting. Shops were used significantly more than expected according to availability of nest sites and also for foraging. A total of 81 active nests were recorded. The present study shows that a handful breeding population of House Sparrow harboring in Yellampet village.

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“…In the current study, house type did not generally have an impact on the higher number of active nests in some areas, whereas in 2016 the number of active nests was related to traditional house type. This indicated that House Sparrows do not exclusively rely on house type availability to nest, but any suitable nesting space available at the time as in other studies (Narayana 2016;Reynolds et al 2019).…”

“…In the current study, factors like availability of active nests played a role in the number of the House Sparrow in some of the areas; as a result, this may implicate potential increment to the numbers of the House Sparrow in these areas. The presence of active nests has been reported to be positively linked to reproduction success (Peach et al 2008), and the colonisation rate of House Sparrows (Narayana 2016), which can result in relatively large impacts as they are implicated in facilitating transmittable diseases, e.g., in Nebraska a large number of active nests were affected by the Buggy Creek Virus (O'Brien and Brown 2011).…”

“…The study also showed that House Sparrow numbers were not influenced by the types of human habitats available in some areas, whereas in some areas, the opposite was true. This may be explained by the fact that House Sparrow can adapt well and can generally persist in any type of anthropogenically modified landscape (Peach et al 2008;Narayana 2016). In India, populations of House Sparrow occurred in a range of landscapes with differing human habitation available (Narayana 2016).…”

“…This may be explained by the fact that House Sparrow can adapt well and can generally persist in any type of anthropogenically modified landscape (Peach et al 2008;Narayana 2016). In India, populations of House Sparrow occurred in a range of landscapes with differing human habitation available (Narayana 2016). Other studies reported that the occurrence of this species appears to be affected by house type, particularly modern houses, which may explain that House Sparrow is well adapted to urban spaces (Chamberlain et al 2007;Shaw et al 2008;Narayana 2016;Bernat-Ponce et al 2018).…”

“…In India, populations of House Sparrow occurred in a range of landscapes with differing human habitation available (Narayana 2016). Other studies reported that the occurrence of this species appears to be affected by house type, particularly modern houses, which may explain that House Sparrow is well adapted to urban spaces (Chamberlain et al 2007;Shaw et al 2008;Narayana 2016;Bernat-Ponce et al 2018). In the current study, house type did not generally have an impact on the higher number of active nests in some areas, whereas in 2016 the number of active nests was related to traditional house type.…”