New World Sparrows in South Carolina
Our list for South Carolina has 9 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 7 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Carolina in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
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