Where Do White Crowned Sparrows Actually Live in the US?

White Crowned Sparrows live in 49 US states and are confirmed absent from 1 more, based on 5,788,628 verified iNaturalist and GBIF records. This page covers every state at once instead of one near-identical page per state.

By Tim, founder of Easy Street Markets. I maintain the wildlife database and verify every animal and source myself.

The states with the strongest confirmed populations are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California and Colorado, and 43 more. These are real, verified iNaturalist and GBIF occurrence records, not modeled range estimates.

White Crowned Sparrows have zero confirmed wild sightings in Hawaii, despite tens of thousands of nationwide observation records for the species. That is a real, checked absence, not a missing page.

Confirmed states (49)

Not found (1)

Hawaii

Frequently asked questions

What states do white crowned sparrows live in?+

White Crowned Sparrows have confirmed wild populations in 49 US states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Where are white crowned sparrows not found in the US?+

White Crowned Sparrows have no confirmed wild sightings in Hawaii.

Full white crowned sparrows guides by state