New World Sparrows in Arkansas
Our list for Arkansas has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 6 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Arkansas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaScarceRare14–17 cmRegularly Dec
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