New World Sparrows in Connecticut
Our list for Connecticut has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Connecticut in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
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