Listen: The song of the house sparrow

Listen: The song of the house sparrow

The house sparrow, or Passer domesticus, is native to Eurasia and North Africa and common in North America and parts of South America.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    The song sparrow, or Melospiza melodia, is found in North America, from central Canada through the United States.
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    The wood thrush, or Hylocichla mustelina, is found in the Central and Eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    The bobolink, or Dolichonyx oryzivorus, is found from Eastern and central North America to northern South America.
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    The Eurasian magpie, or Pica pica, is found across Eurasia as well as and northwestern Africa and western North America.