New World Sparrows in North Carolina
Our list for North Carolina has 9 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Carolina in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
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