#1351 · 🐦 birds

Lark Sparrow

🇳🇱 Roodoorgors ·Chondestes grammacus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © guyincognito · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Thorny Toad Photography · CC BY-NC 4.0
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4. © Cody Stricker · CC BY 4.0
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8. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?

The lark sparrow ( Chondestes grammacus ) is a fairly large American sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Chondestes .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,825iNaturalist 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.
34,825 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1823 (203 years ago).