New World Sparrows in Pennsylvania
Our list for Pennsylvania has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pennsylvania 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
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaResidentRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
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