Birds to See in Mexico in January
196 bird species on our list for Mexico are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, White-winged Dove, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Great White Egret and Eurasian Collared Dove.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt 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 196 birds in January
196 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.12% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Jan
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in Jan
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Jan
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentUncommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentUncommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Jan
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentUncommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Jan
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Jan
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Jan
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Jan
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorRare52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Jan
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Jan
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorRare66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusWinter visitorRare43–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Jan
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Jan
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californicaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentRare41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorRare70–102 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Jan
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jan
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Jan
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Jan
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttalliiResidentRare17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Jan
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisWinter visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioSummer visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.00% in Jan
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentRare109–140 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassiniiWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Jan
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Jan
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
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