#0916 · 🐦 birds
White-throated Sparrow
🇳🇱 Witkeelgors ·Zonotrichia albicollis
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what is it?
The white-throated sparrow ( Zonotrichia albicollis ) is a passerine bird of the American sparrow family Passerellidae.
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 4 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 127,010 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 25 g.
- Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 (237 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- White-throated Sparrow
- Nederlands
- Witkeelgors
- scientific name
- Zonotrichia albicollis
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Passerellidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 4
- sightings in Europe
- 41
- sightings worldwide
- 127,010
- GBIF records in NL
- 394
- weight
- 25 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1789 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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
#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
#1312 📷 10Rufous-collared Sparrow
🇳🇱 Roodkraaggors
Zonotrichia capensis
LC 🌍 47.3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 9184, Wikidata Q754880, GBIF 5231140, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.