New World Sparrows in Mississippi
Our list for Mississippi has 9 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mississippi 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
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
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