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title: "American Tree Sparrow"
description: "Spizelloides arborea — Birds. The American tree sparrow (Spizelloides arborea), also known as the winter sparrow, is a medium-sized New World sparrow."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/american-tree-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# American Tree Sparrow

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

- Scientific name: *Spizelloides arborea*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 30579
- Wikidata: [Q27076037](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27076037)
- iNaturalist taxon: [474210](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/474210)

## Names

- en: American Tree Sparrow
- de: Baumammer
- es: Chingolo arbóreo
- fr: Bruant hudsonien
- nl: Toendragors
- pl: Pasówka rdzawołbista

## Countries with the most observations

US (14955), CA (13746)

## Summary

The American tree sparrow (Spizelloides arborea), also known as the winter sparrow, is a medium-sized New World sparrow. It breeds in Alaska and Northern Canada and winters in Southern Canada and the Contiguous United States. It is the only member of the genus Spizelloides.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_tree_sparrow

## Photo

![American Tree Sparrow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-tree-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143390932

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-tree-sparrow?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).