New World Sparrows in Northwest Territories
Our list for Northwest Territories has 8 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 8 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Northwest Territories in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
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