---
title: "Kweldergors"
description: "Ammospiza maritima — Vogels. The seaside sparrow (Ammospiza maritima) is a species of American sparrow."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/seaside-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kweldergors

> Ammospiza maritima — Vogels. The seaside sparrow (Ammospiza maritima) is a species of American sparrow.

- Scientific name: *Ammospiza maritima*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2287
- Wikidata: [Q1588145](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588145)
- iNaturalist taxon: [793292](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/793292)

## Names

- en: Seaside Sparrow
- de: Strandammer
- es: Gorrión costero
- fr: Bruant maritime
- it: Ammodramus maritimus
- nl: Kweldergors
- pt: Ammodramus maritimus
- pl: Bagiennik żółtoczelny

## Countries with the most observations

US (2005), CA (8), MX (4)

## Summary

The seaside sparrow (Ammospiza maritima) is a species of American sparrow.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207713273

## Machine access

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