New World Sparrows in Tennessee
Our list for Tennessee has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tennessee 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
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
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