#1090 · 🐦 birds

Fox Sparrow

🇳🇱 Rode Roodstaartgors ·Passerella iliaca

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Blake Ross · CC BY 4.0
2. © Blake Ross · CC BY 4.0
3. © Warren Cronan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Bridget Spencer · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Mel Kelley · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © David McCorquodale · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park - Britannia Village, Ottawa, ON, Canada:© Blake Ross · CC BY 4.0
8. Strathroy, ON, Canada:© Stephen Taylor · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Reinhart branch by apartmentsDallas, TX, USA:© Kala Murphy King · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. Townshend, VT, USA:© Craig K. Hunt · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The fox sparrow ( Passerella iliaca ) is a large American sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Passerella , although some authors split the species into four (see below).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 30,605iNaturalist 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.
30,605 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Blasius Merrem in 1786 (240 years ago).