New World Sparrows in Maryland
Our list for Maryland has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Maryland 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 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
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