New World Sparrows in United States
Our list for United States has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 1 summer visitor and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United States 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 passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusResidentUncommon13–17 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
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