New World Sparrows in West Virginia
Our list for West Virginia has 9 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
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