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title: "Gajówek rdzawołbisty"
description: "Aimophila ruficeps — Ptaki. The rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) is a small American sparrow."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/rufous-crowned-sparrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gajówek rdzawołbisty

> Aimophila ruficeps — Ptaki. The rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) is a small American sparrow.

- Scientific name: *Aimophila ruficeps*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9894
- Wikidata: [Q1586533](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586533)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9958](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9958)

## Names

- en: Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- de: Rostscheitelammer
- es: Zacatonero Corona Canela
- fr: Tohi à calotte fauve
- nl: Roestkruingors
- pl: Gajówek rdzawołbisty

## Countries with the most observations

US (7295), MX (2107)

## Summary

The rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) is a small American sparrow. This passerine is primarily found across the Southwestern United States and much of the interior of Mexico, south to the transverse mountain range, and to the Pacific coast to the southwest of the transverse range. Its distribution is patchy, with populations often being isolated from each other. Twelve subspecies are generally recognized, though up to eighteen have been suggested. This bird has a brown back with darker streaks and gray underparts. The crown is rufous, and the face and supercilium are gray with a brown or rufous streak extending…

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

## Photo

![Gajówek rdzawołbisty](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-crowned-sparrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andy Kleinhesselink · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10043569

## Machine access

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