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2006) and in Norway, 3.8 years old (Bakken
et al„ 2009).
In conclusion, the Faroese house spar-
rows are very stationary and are rarely found
outside the area where they were ringed.
Furthermore, it is conclude that the recov-
ery rate from ringing studies on Faroes house
sparrow generally has been high.
Acknowledgements
We want to thank Mr. Kjeld Tommy Pedersen,
Copenhagen Bird RingingCentre, Zoological Museum
for having provided us with the results from the
ringing studies in the Faroe Islands and Prof. Dr. Sven-
Axel Bengtson for valuable comments and critical
reading of former versions of the manuscript.
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