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[[Image: Citizen sparrow header.jpg|right|thumb|300px|{{URL|http://www.citizensparrow.in}}]]

'''Citizen Sparrow''' is an ongoing [[citizen science]] project in [[India]] in which members of the public are encouraged to contribute information on presence and absence of the [[house sparrow]]. It is organised by [[Bombay Natural History Society]] and [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)]] in partnership with the [[National Centre for Biological Sciences]] and [[Nature Conservation Foundation]]. Several other Indian Non Governmental Organisations collaborate with this project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizensparrow.in/index.php?r=site/index |title=Citizen Sparrow |publisher=Citizensparrow.in |date= |accessdate=2012-04-14}}</ref>

==Aim of the project==
Citizen Sparrow is a public participatory project in which all members of the public are encouraged to contribute information on presence and absence of the [[house sparrow]]. This project is motivated by the observation that house sparrows have declined in many parts of India,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nvonews.com/2009/05/18/house-sparrow%E2%80%93-declining-population/|title=NVO News|publisher=NVO News|accessdate=2012-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104051209/http://nvonews.com/2009/05/18/house-sparrow%E2%80%93-declining-population/|archive-date=2010-01-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> while in a few other parts their numbers are reported to be stable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolkatabirds.com/sparrowgopi.htm|title=Sundar, KSG. 2010. The New Indian Express, (Zeitgeist Suppl.), 10 Jul 2010, pg. 6|publisher=Kolkatabirds.com|date=|accessdate=2012-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504072257/http://www.kolkatabirds.com/sparrowgopi.htm|archive-date=4 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Citizen Sparrow project provides a [[website]] where registered members can upload observations of presence and absence of house sparrow from different locations and for different time period. All the observational records are plotted on a map.

==Duration of the project ==
This project is planned to run for two months, that is, from 1 April 2012 to 31 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Special Correspondent. |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3268211.ece |title=NATIONAL / ANDHRA PRADESH : Citizen Sparrow initiative launch today |work=The Hindu |date=2012-04-01 |accessdate=2012-04-14}}</ref> This project aimed to collect information and to answer few questions such as, where are sparrows still found in India? Where were they found before? Where have they declined the most? Have they actually increased in some place? At the end of the project a summary of the findings will be prepared and published online as a report. The patterns uncovered by the Citizen Sparrow project will be subsequently used to investigate change in sparrow population in more detail in India.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:House Sparrow Male, Tamil Nadu, India.jpg|Male house sparrow
Image:House Sparrow Female.jpg|Female house sparrow
Image:House Sparrow Male, Andhra Pradesh, India.jpg|Male
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
* http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article3287189.ece
* http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article3307631.ece
* [https://archive.today/20130103103400/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-03/flora-fauna/31281123_1_citizen-sparrow-house-sparrow-birds ]

[[Category:Science education in India]]
[[Category:Sparrows]]

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MerryHarris567 at 16:25, 19 April 2026