#1088 · 🐦 birds

American Tree Sparrow

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Boomgors ·Spizelloides arborea

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © JanetandPhil · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © MX Nature · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © erwatkins · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jen Goellnitz · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Cat Abbott · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Susan Elliott · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Shanthanu Bhardwaj · CC BY-SA 4.0
10. © Jerry Oldenettel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The American tree sparrow ( Spizelloides arborea ), also known as the winter sparrow , is a medium-sized sparrow.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 30,707iNaturalist 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.
30,707 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Alexander Wilson in 1810 (216 years ago).