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title: "Sumpfammer"
description: "Melospiza georgiana — Vögel. The swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) is a medium-sized New World sparrow related to the song sparrow."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/swamp-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sumpfammer

> Melospiza georgiana — Vögel. The swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) is a medium-sized New World sparrow related to the song sparrow.

- Scientific name: *Melospiza georgiana*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 31210
- Wikidata: [Q742826](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q742826)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9096](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9096)

## Names

- en: Swamp Sparrow
- de: Sumpfammer
- es: Gorrión pantanero
- fr: Bruant des marais
- nl: Moerasgors
- pt: Tico-tico-dos-pântanos
- pl: Szarobrewka bagienna

## Countries with the most observations

US (22292), CA (5591), MX (113)

## Summary

The swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) is a medium-sized New World sparrow related to the song sparrow.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Andy Wilson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105874480

## Machine access

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