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Sand bath of House Sparrows

Dust bath is a practice of birds and animals to protect their skin from worms and parasites by rolling their body in dust or in sand. This video from Ajmer, Rajasthan state of India, has for you house sparrows engaged in sand bathing.

A small bird, the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird belonging to the sparrow family with a length of 16 centimeters (6.3 in) and a weight of around 24–39.5 grams.