New World Sparrows in Arizona
Our list for Arizona has 9 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 6 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Arizona in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–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