New World Sparrows in Alberta
Our list for Alberta has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 9 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alberta in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made