New World Sparrows in Utah
Our list for Utah has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 5 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Utah in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–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