Ringing sites of House sparrow
(n=)Recovery sites of House sparrow
(n=)Facts
Birds ringed| Birds ringed | | 2.343 |
| Ringed as chicks | | 388 (16,6%) |
Recoveries| No. of recoveries | | 223 |
| No. of individuals | | 192 |
| Proportion recovered | | 8,2% |
House sparrow is a common breeding resident in the Faroes, with an estimated population of 2,700 pairs. The first breeding record was after the winter 1935-1936. The species is only found near human settlements. 2,343 have been ringed, the majority on Nólsoy. Individuals are rarely recovered away from their ringing site: of 223 recoveries only two were made 2 km or more from the ringing site (4 and 21 km, respectively).
Read more about the species in the chapter from
The Faroese Bird Migration Atlas here 
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