New World Sparrows in Texas
Our list for Texas has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor and 9 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Texas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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