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title: "Witkeelgors"
description: "Zonotrichia albicollis — Vogels. The white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-throated-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Witkeelgors

> Zonotrichia albicollis — Vogels. The white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae.

- Scientific name: *Zonotrichia albicollis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 124266
- Wikidata: [Q754880](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754880)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9184](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9184)

## Names

- en: White-throated Sparrow
- de: Weißkehlammer
- es: Gorrión garganta blanca
- fr: Bruant à gorge blanche
- nl: Witkeelgors
- pt: Pardal-de-garganta-branca
- pl: Pasówka białogardła

## Countries with the most observations

US (90489), CA (24460), MX (43), FR (17), GB (10), DK (4), ES (4), PM (3)

## Summary

The white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. It breeds in northern North America and winters in the southern United States.

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

## Photo

![Witkeelgors](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-throated-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Shenandoah  National Park · Public domain · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9184

## Machine access

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