New World Sparrows in North Dakota
Our list for North Dakota has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 6 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Dakota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–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