New World Sparrows in Louisiana
Our list for Louisiana has 9 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 7 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louisiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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