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World Sparrow Day

Context

World Sparrow Day (WSD) is celebrated every year on March 20th.

About World Sparrow Day:

  • World Sparrow Day is an initiative started by the Nature Forever Society of India along with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation of France.
    • The Society was started by a dedicated conservationist Mohammed Dilawar.
    • He was named by the Time as one of the "Heroes of the Environment" in 2008.
  • The first World Sparrow Day was organised in 2
  • In 2011, the World Sparrow Awards were established.
    • The award recognises persons who have made significant contributions to environmental conservation and ordinary species protection.
  • The day aims to raise awareness and protect the common house sparrows, which are not so commonly seen now due to increasing noise pollution.

About the Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

  • The sparrow, especially the common house sparrow, is one of the most ubiquitous birds on earth and is also one of the oldest companions of human beings.
  • House sparrows belong to a group known as passerines, from the order
  • These small, grey-brown birds are sexually dimorphic, meaning that the males and females do not look similar.
  • They are highly opportunistic feeders.
    • Height: 16 centimeter
    • Wingspan: 21 centimeter
    • Weight: 25-40 grams
  • IUCN Status: Endangered

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