New World Sparrows in Rhode Island
Our list for Rhode Island has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 4 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rhode Island 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 Apr–Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusScarceRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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