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title: "Rostschwanzammer"
description: "Peucaea ruficauda — Vögel. The stripe-headed sparrow (Peucaea ruficauda) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/stripe-headed-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rostschwanzammer

> Peucaea ruficauda — Vögel. The stripe-headed sparrow (Peucaea ruficauda) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows.

- Scientific name: *Peucaea ruficauda*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3339
- Wikidata: [Q2229881](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2229881)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73178](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73178)

## Names

- en: Stripe-headed Sparrow
- de: Rostschwanzammer
- es: Zacatonero corona rayada
- fr: Bruant ligné
- nl: Roeststaartgors
- pl: Polniczek paskogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (2173), CR (556), SV (190), NI (163), HN (87), GT (36)

## Summary

The stripe-headed sparrow (Peucaea ruficauda) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica.

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

## Photo

![Rostschwanzammer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/stripe-headed-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275037398

## Machine access

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