New World Sparrows in Kansas
Our list for Kansas has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kansas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
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