These once-common birds are becoming a rarity, in India and other parts of the world. The Royal Society for Protection of Birds (rspb), uk, recently added the house sparrow to its Red List (for rapidly declining bird populations, which pose global conservation concern

The population of the house sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) has declined at an alarming rate in India, especially since the late 1990s. To see a bird that dominated our life and culture disappear is disturbing. “A healthy population of these birds has disappeared in urban areas because of habitat issues.