#1312 · 🐦 birds

Rufous-collared Sparrow

🇳🇱 Roodkraaggors ·Zonotrichia capensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The rufous-collared sparrow or Andean sparrow ( Zonotrichia capensis ) is an American sparrow found in a wide range of habitats, often near humans, from the extreme south-east of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and on the island of Hispaniola. It is famous for its diverse vocalizations, which have been intensely studied since the 1970s, particularly by Paul Handford and Stephen C. Lougheed (UWO), Fernando Nottebohm (Rockefeller University) and Pablo Luis Tubaro (UBA). Local names for this bird...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 47,325iNaturalist observations
weight 20.4 gadult, up to
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.
47,325 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 20 g.
Scientifically named by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in 1776 (250 years ago).