#1439 · 🐦 birds

Black-throated Sparrow

🇳🇱 Zwartkeelgors ·Amphispiza bilineata

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The black-throated sparrow ( Amphispiza bilineata ) is a small American sparrow primarily found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is sometimes referred to as the desert sparrow , due to its preferred habitat of arid desert hillsides and scrub. This name usually refers to the desert sparrow of Africa and Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,238iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
20,238 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Cassin in 1850 (176 years ago).