New World Sparrows in Nevada
Our list for Nevada has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nevada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–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