New World Sparrows in Maine
Our list for Maine has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Maine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–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