New World Sparrows in Florida
Our list for Florida has 9 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 8 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Florida in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantRare15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
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