Survey Confirms Sparrow Decline in Cities

More people reported sparrows in towns and villages than in big cities.

Moreover, there were twice as many reports of large flocks of sparrows being seen in towns and villages as in cities.

Among the cities, Mumbai came out on top of the sparrow charts, with many more people reporting sparrow presence than they did from Bengaluru and Chennai, where a much larger percentage of participants said that the bird was not found at all in their localities.

Coimbatore and Pune were next after Mumbai. Hyderabad and Delhi were intermediate in reports of sparrow sighting.

According to the report, sparrows seem to be doing comparatively better in the northeastern states such as Assam and central India including Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.

More than 5,700 bird lovers from across the country had participated in the online survey on www.citizensparrow.in.

Interestingly, the oldest participant was a 91-year-old and the youngest a seven, both from Pune.

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