New World Sparrows in Nunavut
Our list for Nunavut has 4 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 4, most common first
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Lincoln's Sparrow 13–15 cm
- American Tree Sparrow 14–17 cm
- White-crowned Sparrow 15–16 cm
- Fox Sparrow 15–19 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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