New World Sparrows in District of Columbia
Our list for District of Columbia has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in District of Columbia 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 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaScarceUncommon14–17 cm
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusScarceRare15–17 cm
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