#0978 · 🐦 birds
Song Sparrow
🇳🇱 Zanggors ·Melospiza melodia
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what is it?
The song sparrow ( Melospiza melodia ) is a medium-sized American sparrow. Among the native sparrows in North America, it is easily one of the most abundant, variable and adaptable species.
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
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 277,393 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 24 g.
- Scientifically named by Alexander Wilson in 1810 (216 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Song Sparrow
- Nederlands
- Zanggors
- scientific name
- Melospiza melodia
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Passerellidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 16
- sightings worldwide
- 277,393
- GBIF records in NL
- 918
- weight
- 24 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1810 by Alexander Wilson
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 9100, Wikidata Q842599, GBIF 2492196, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.