New World Sparrows in Vermont
Our list for Vermont has 9 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vermont in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
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