New World Sparrows in Ohio
Our list for Ohio has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ohio in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 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