New World Sparrows in Washington
Our list for Washington has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 summer visitors and 4 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Washington in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
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