#1361 · 🐦 birds
Swamp Sparrow
🇳🇱 Moerasgors ·Melospiza georgiana
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- 9. © Joanne Muis Redwood · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The swamp sparrow ( Melospiza georgiana ) is a medium-sized sparrow related to the song sparrow.
base stats
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.
- 32,248 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Latham in 1790 (236 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Swamp Sparrow
- Nederlands
- Moerasgors
- scientific name
- Melospiza georgiana
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Passerellidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 32,248
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1790 by John Latham
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Passerellidae
#0915 📷 10Dark-eyed Junco
🇳🇱 Grijze Junco
Junco hyemalis
LC 👀 4 in NL
#0916 📷 10White-throated Sparrow
🇳🇱 Witkeelgors
Zonotrichia albicollis
LC 👀 4 in NL
#0978 📷 8Song Sparrow
🇳🇱 Zanggors
Melospiza melodia
LC 👀 1 in NL
#1029 📷 10White-crowned Sparrow
🇳🇱 Witkruingors
Zonotrichia leucophrys
LC 🌍 159.2k seen
#1267 📷 10Chipping Sparrow
🇳🇱 Musgors
Spizella passerina
LC 🌍 132k seen
#1283 📷 8Savannah Sparrow
🇳🇱 Savannahgors
Passerculus sandwichensis
LC 🌍 85.3k seen
#1289 📷 9Spotted Towhee
🇳🇱 Gevlekte Towie
Pipilo maculatus
LC 🌍 80.9k seen
#1301 📷 10California Towhee
🇳🇱 Californische Towie
Melozone crissalis
LC 🌍 62.5k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 9096, Wikidata Q742826, GBIF 2492235, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.