#1321 · 🐦 birds

Golden-crowned Sparrow

🇳🇱 Goudkruingors ·Zonotrichia atricapilla

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Jorge A. Pérez Torres · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © steve_ha · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jamie Chavez · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Terry & Julie · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Robert · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © C.V. Vick · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Jerry Oldenettel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Tom Mills · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © John Scharpen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The golden-crowned sparrow ( Zonotrichia atricapilla ) is a large American sparrow found in the western part of North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 43,799iNaturalist 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.
43,799 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 (237 years ago).