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Story: Introduced land birds

Sparrow food

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Sparrow food

When grains are not available, sparrows feed on other crops. This silverbeet leaf was eaten by sparrows during the winter.

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Christina Troup, Introduced land birds – House sparrows, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17174/sparrow-food (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Christina Troup, published 1 March 2009.