New World Sparrows in Indiana
Our list for Indiana has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Indiana 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–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–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