New World Sparrows in Prince Edward Island
Our list for Prince Edward Island has 7 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Prince Edward Island in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Swamp Sparrow 12–15 cm
- Chipping Sparrow 12–15 cm
- Lincoln's Sparrow 13–15 cm
- Song Sparrow 12–17 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