BREEDING ECOLOGY OF HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus) IN NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL NESTS AT LUDHIANA, PUNJAB.

Kulveer Singh; Tejdeep Kaur Kler; Manoj Kumar

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2015

BREEDING ECOLOGY OF HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus) IN NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL NESTS AT LUDHIANA, PUNJAB.

Kulveer Singh, Tejdeep Kaur Kler, Manoj Kumar

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Intensive agriculture may be one biggest drivers of homogenization in agro&ndash;ecosystem and birds have been projected to be one of the top five groups of organisms to be affected by homogenization. The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a small sized bird of the family Passeridae. The present study deals with eeding biology of House Sparrow at Kular, Ludhiana. It was undertaken from March 2012 to Feuary 2013 having different types of houses and vegetation. Observation were taken in morning and evening twice a week regarding their eeding biology. House Sparrow nests were observed in the holes of un&ndash;cemented walls, in crevices and in cavities of roof having wooden ceiling panels of kaccha (mud) houses and cattle sheds. The clutch size ranged from 1 to 4 eggs and incubation period was observed 11 to 13 days. Hatching success was found 60% to 100%, nestling period from 13 to 15 days success. In artificial nests clutch size ranged from 3 to 4 eggs and incubation period was recorded 12 to 14 days. Hatching success was found 100% and nestling period from 14 to 15 days.</p>