New World Sparrows in New Mexico
Our list for New Mexico has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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