House sparrow with 1 inch beak

LizzyM1971 08/06/2022 11:14

I have photos of a house Sparrow which has a 1-inch beak and it's growing longer. Can anyone help explain this?

0 Catlady 08/06/2022 11:26

Oh poor fellow. There are members here who have posted pictures of their birds with the same problem and they have done okay, they manage to feed and have survived. It is called an overgrown mandable, where the beak has kept growing, hopefully it will do fine.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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0 Mike B 08/06/2022 12:17

That's a shame, though it is amazing how they manage to feed regardless of the beaks deformity.

You might like to share your observation on the following BTO link:

https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/gbw/about/background/projects/bgbw

Also, for further reading if you're interested, I had a coal tit with a crossed over beak, which seemed to manage without any issues, and was time and again, to the point I saw two with crossed beaks!

possibly sibling(s)

You can read about that coal tit in: Coal Tit with crossed over beak!

https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/wildlife-questions/207056/coal-tit-with-crossed-over-beak

Mike

Flickr: Peak Rambler
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0 LizzyM1971 08/06/2022 16:53 in reply to Catlady

Thanks for contacting me. I have been watching this Sparrow for over a year now and he is thriving. I was just curious if this was a rare sighting. I have been a twitcher for nearly 50 years and I have never seen anything like this before.
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0 LizzyM1971 08/06/2022 16:56 in reply to Mike B

Hiya Mike, thanks for contacting me. I have completed the survey on the BTO website and joined the Garden Birdwatch.
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0 Mike B 11/06/2022 11:58 in reply to LizzyM1971

LizzyM1971 said:
Hiya Mike, thanks for contacting me. I have completed the survey on the BTO website and joined the Garden Birdwatch.

You're welcome.

Stick around, share your sightings with us, we're a daft but friendly bunch, but always happy to share.

Mike

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0 Jamie Case 11/02/2024 12:14

I have just watched a sparrow like this in my garden. At first, I thoughy he just had something stuck to his beak and I thought I saw him trying to rub it off, against a twig in the bush, but I suppose he was just cleaning. When I saw this picture I knew it was the same issue, although his beak is not quite as long as this.
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