New World Sparrows in Delaware
Our list for Delaware has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Delaware 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 Mar–Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct
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