New World Sparrows in Newfoundland and Labrador
Our list for Newfoundland and Labrador has 9 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 5 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Newfoundland and Labrador in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
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