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title: "Goudkruingors"
description: "Zonotrichia atricapilla — Vogels. The golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) is a large New World sparrow found in the western part of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/golden-crowned-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Goudkruingors

> Zonotrichia atricapilla — Vogels. The golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) is a large New World sparrow found in the western part of North America.

- Scientific name: *Zonotrichia atricapilla*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 42749
- Wikidata: [Q690956](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q690956)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9185](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9185)

## Names

- en: Golden-crowned Sparrow
- de: Kronenammer
- es: Gorrión Corona Amarilla
- fr: Bruant à couronne dorée
- nl: Goudkruingors
- pt: Tico-tico-coroa-dourada
- pl: Pasówka złotołbista

## Countries with the most observations

US (32762), CA (8115), MX (35)

## Summary

The golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) is a large New World sparrow found in the western part of North America.

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

## Photo

![Goudkruingors](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/golden-crowned-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Anne Parsons · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66441899

## Machine access

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