New World Sparrows in New Brunswick
Our list for New Brunswick has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Brunswick in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Dec
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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