---
title: "Rostnackenammer"
description: "Melozone kieneri — Vögel. The rusty-crowned ground sparrow (Melozone kieneri) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/rusty-crowned-ground-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rostnackenammer

> Melozone kieneri — Vögel. The rusty-crowned ground sparrow (Melozone kieneri) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows.

- Scientific name: *Melozone kieneri*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1528
- Wikidata: [Q2668918](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2668918)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9523](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9523)

## Names

- en: Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow
- de: Rostnackenammer
- es: Rascador Nuca Canela
- fr: Tohi de Kiener
- nl: Roestnekgors
- pl: Ziemnołuszcz rdzawoszyi

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1445)

## Summary

The rusty-crowned ground sparrow (Melozone kieneri) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is endemic to Mexico.

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

## Photo

![Rostnackenammer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rusty-crowned-ground-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235024927

## Machine access

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