---
title: "Gelbwangenammer"
description: "Ammodramus aurifrons — Vögel. The yellow-browed sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/yellow-browed-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gelbwangenammer

> Ammodramus aurifrons — Vögel. The yellow-browed sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae.

- Scientific name: *Ammodramus aurifrons*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `farm` (Bauernhof)
- iNaturalist observations: 1381
- Wikidata: [Q2229941](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2229941)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10146](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10146)

## Names

- en: Yellow-browed Sparrow
- de: Gelbwangenammer
- es: Sabanero Zumbador
- fr: Bruant à front d'or
- nl: Geelwanggors
- pt: Cigarrinha-do-campo
- pl: Preriówek żółtolicy

## Countries with the most observations

PE (359), BR (335), EC (248), CO (202), BO (112), VE (19)

## Summary

The yellow-browed sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae.  First described by Johann Baptist von Spix in 1825, this American sparrow is found across much of the Amazon basin in South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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

## Photo

![Gelbwangenammer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-browed-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Wouter Koch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331019236

## Machine access

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