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title: "Nelsonammer"
description: "Ammospiza nelsoni — Vögel. Nelson's sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) is a small New World sparrow."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/nelson-s-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Nelsonammer

> Ammospiza nelsoni — Vögel. Nelson's sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) is a small New World sparrow.

- Scientific name: *Ammospiza nelsoni*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld), `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 2717
- Wikidata: [Q2668559](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2668559)
- iNaturalist taxon: [793286](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/793286)

## Names

- en: Nelson's Sparrow
- de: Nelsonammer
- es: Gorrión cola aguda de Nelson
- fr: Bruant de Nelson
- it: Ammodramus nelsoni
- nl: Nelsons spitsstaartgors
- pt: Ammodramus nelsoni
- pl: Bagiennik płowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (1758), CA (697), MX (3)

## Summary

Nelson's sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) is a small New World sparrow.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%27s_sparrow

## Photo

![Nelsonammer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/nelson-s-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193318344

## Machine access

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