New World Sparrows in Oklahoma
Our list for Oklahoma has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Oklahoma in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 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