Birds to See in Mexico in August
146 bird species on our list for Mexico are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are White-winged Dove, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Collared Dove, House Finch and Golden-fronted Woodpecker. New this month: Orange-crowned Warbler, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher and Northern Waterthrush and 19 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Mexico’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 146 birds in August
146 birds
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentUncommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentUncommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentUncommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentRare41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californicaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttalliiResidentRare17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioSummer visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusWinter visitorRare43–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Aug
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorRare66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.00% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Data: 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