World Sparrow Day :20th March

World Sparrow Day is Celebrated on 20th March.

Sparrow is the State Bird of New Delhi (Declared in 2012).

The Natural Habitat of Sparrows is declining deu to Mindless Urbanisation.

(Match Box Style of Construction is detrimental)

Food Sources of Sparrows have goe, Earlier Women used to clean wheat outside the House so there was enough for sparrows to eat, But now that Practice is not common.

Use of Pesticided in the Crops is a cause of death of Sparrows.

World Sparrow Day is an Initiative of NFSI (Nature Forever Society of India)

NFSI: Nature Forever Society for India

1. To track the number of sparrows in the area, the institution also observed a three-day ‘Great Sparrow Count’ starting March 18, during which birdwatchers uploaded bird counts in their respective localities on to a common database
2. Started World Sparrow Day, now celebrated annually across 50 countries