New World Sparrows in Wisconsin
Our list for Wisconsin has 10 new world sparrows recorded regularly there: 6 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Wisconsin in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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