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title: "Lark Sparrow"
description: "Chondestes grammacus — Uccelli. The lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) is a fairly large New World sparrow."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/lark-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lark Sparrow

> Chondestes grammacus — Uccelli. The lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) is a fairly large New World sparrow.

- Scientific name: *Chondestes grammacus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 34407
- Wikidata: [Q1528805](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1528805)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10479](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10479)

## Names

- en: Lark Sparrow
- de: Rainammer
- es: Gorrión arlequín
- fr: Bruant à joues marron
- nl: Roodoorgors
- pt: Escrevedeira-arlequim
- pl: Trawiarczyk

## Countries with the most observations

US (25228), MX (6661), CA (1230), CR (11)

## Summary

The lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) is a fairly large New World sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Chondestes.

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

## Photo

![Lark Sparrow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lark-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341955451

## Machine access

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