New World Sparrows in Idaho
Our list for Idaho has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 6 summer visitors and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Idaho in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
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