New World Sparrows in Missouri
Our list for Missouri 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 Missouri 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 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–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