New World Sparrows in Alabama
Our list for Alabama has 9 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 6 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alabama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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