New World Sparrows in Montana
Our list for Montana has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 7 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Montana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
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