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.