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title: "Spitzschwanzammer"
description: "Ammospiza caudacuta — Vögel. The saltmarsh sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) is a small New World sparrow found in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/saltmarsh-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spitzschwanzammer

> Ammospiza caudacuta — Vögel. The saltmarsh sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) is a small New World sparrow found in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States.

- Scientific name: *Ammospiza caudacuta*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 1641
- Wikidata: [Q1588239](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588239)
- iNaturalist taxon: [793289](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/793289)

## Names

- en: Saltmarsh Sparrow
- de: Spitzschwanzammer
- es: Gorrión cola aguda
- fr: Bruant à queue aigüe
- it: Ammodramus caudacutus
- nl: Ammodramus caudacutus
- pt: Ammodramus caudacutus
- pl: Ammodramus caudacutus

## Countries with the most observations

US (1447)

## Summary

The saltmarsh sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) is a small New World sparrow found in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. At one time, this bird and the Nelson's sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) were thought to be a single species, the sharp-tailed sparrow. Because of this, the species was briefly known as the "saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow." Saltmarsh sparrow numbers are declining due to habitat loss largely attributed to human activity.

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

## Photo

![Spitzschwanzammer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/saltmarsh-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ken Kneidel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13624526

## Machine access

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