Can sparrows be caught? Master the correct methods for catching sparrows

In rural areas, catching sparrows is a childhood memory for many people, but how do you catch sparrows now? Can sparrows still be caught?

1. Can sparrows still be caught?

The sparrow has been included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2013 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1. It is a protected animal, and sparrows cannot be caught. To protect sparrows, it is best not to catch them.

2. The living habits of sparrows

Sparrows are all small birds, and their size and body color are very similar. Generally, the upper body is mottled brown and black, which is why they are commonly called sparrows. There are 9 primary flight feathers; the pale feather edges of the outer flight feathers (except the first one) are slightly enlarged at the feather base and near the tip, joined to one another, and roughly form two horizontal bars, which are especially obvious in flight. The bill is short, thick and strong, conical in shape, with the culmen slightly curved. When the bill is closed, there is no gap between the upper and lower mandibles. The feather colors of male and female birds often differ.

The Eurasian Tree Sparrow has a body length of 13-15 cm. The male is pure liver-brown from the forehead to the nape; the upper body is sandy brown with black streaks; the wings have two conspicuous near-white horizontal bars; the chin and throat are black. The female resembles the male but is paler or duller in color, with dark tips on the forehead and cheek feathers, and a yellowish base to the bill. The similar House Sparrow and other sparrows all lack black spots on the cheeks.

The Saxaul Sparrow has a body length of 15 cm. In the breeding season, the male has a black crown stripe from the top of the head to the nape, black eye-stripe and chin, brown eyebrows and sides of the nape, and pale gray cheeks. The upper body is brown and densely covered with black longitudinal streaks. The female is duller in color, but the dark longitudinal streaks on the upper back and the pale feather tips of the median and greater coverts are obvious.

The House Sparrow has a body length of 15 cm. The male differs from the Eurasian Tree Sparrow in having a gray crown and uppertail coverts, no black patch on the ear, and more black on the throat and upper breast. The female is pale, with pale eyebrow stripes. Compared with the female Russet Sparrow, it is paler, its wing bars are less obvious than those of the female Saxaul Sparrow, and its tail is not forked and its breast color is paler. The sides of the upper back have buff longitudinal streaks, and the sides of the breast have near-black longitudinal streaks.

The Russet Sparrow has a body length of 14 cm. Males and females are differently colored. The male has a bright yellowish-brown or chestnut crown and upper body, pure black longitudinal streaks on the upper back, a black throat, and dirty white cheeks. The female is duller, with a dark broad eye-stripe and a long creamy eyebrow stripe.

Sparrows are good friends to humans. Although there are many sparrows in rural areas, it is best not to catch them. Caring for life starts with me.