New World Sparrows in Virginia
Our list for Virginia has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Virginia 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 passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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