New World Sparrows in Canada
Our list for Canada has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 7 summer visitors and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Canada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
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