Birds to See in Mexico in December
198 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
198 bird species on our list for Mexico are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, White-winged Dove, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Great White Egret and House Finch. New this month: Leach's Storm-petrel, Eurasian Wigeon, Indian Peafowl and Lewis's Woodpecker and 5 more.
New in December9
Residents
(81)Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Gila Woodpecker
Melanerpes uropygialisLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis sayaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
American Robin
Turdus migratoriusLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodiaLC
Recorded all year
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Recorded all year
Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxiiLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalisLC
Recorded all year
Gilded Flicker
Colaptes chrysoidesLC
Recorded all year
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianusLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglectaLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
California Gnatcatcher
Polioptila californicaLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium gnomaLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Arizona Woodpecker
Picoides arizonaeLC
Recorded all year
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicolaLC
Recorded all year
Western Screech-owl
Megascops kennicottiiLC
Recorded all year
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Dryobates nuttalliiLC
Recorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owl
Megascops trichopsisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicusLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Recorded all year
Elf Owl
Micrathene whitneyiLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
California Condor
Gymnogyps californianusCR
Regularly Apr–Feb
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Recorded all year
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavoLC
Recorded all year
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asioLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Winter visitors
(99)Present outside the breeding season
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolniiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacusLC
Recorded all year
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–May
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Cinnamon Teal
Spatula cyanopteraLC
Recorded all year
Painted Bunting
Passerina cirisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus variusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella pallidaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–May
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillataLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphiaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescensLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Oct–May
Pacific Loon
Gavia pacificaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Recorded all year
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Mountain Bluebird
Sialia currucoidesLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgianaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodusNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Nov–Apr
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsiiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ross's Goose
Anser rossiiLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Stygian Owl
Asio stygiusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus ruberLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewisLC
Regularly Dec
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Apr–Jan
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Dec
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