Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the concentrations of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cu, Ni and Zn) in tissues of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) grown in Mitrovica, Drenas towns (polluted area) and reference site (Ujmir village). A total of 30 house sparrows only male (10 from each locality) were analysed. The tissues analysed included liver, kidney, testes, femur and tibia. The concentrations of heavy metals were measured using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). We found mean tissue concentrations of some heavy metals to be significantly higher in sparrows from the polluted area when compared to tissues from the reference site. In tibia mean concentrations of Pb (509.94±199.55 μg g-1), in kidney-Cd (21.03±12.25 μg g-1), in kidney-Cu (29.5±6.01 μg g-1), in femur-Ni (31.415±13.177 μg g-1), in tibia-Zn (342.83±124.89 μg g-1) were significantly higher (p<0.001, 0.01) in sparrows from the polluted area (Mitrovica and Drenas) compared with reference site (Ujmir village). The concentrations of heavy metals recorded in the present studies suggested that house sparrow (Passer domesticus) could be considered as an indicator for environmental contamination.