Birds to See in Mexico in March
199 bird species on our list for Mexico are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, White-winged Dove, House Finch, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Golden-fronted Woodpecker. New this month: Wilson's Phalarope, Prothonotary Warbler, Pectoral Sandpiper and American Golden-Plover and 1 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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 199 birds in March
199 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.92% in Mar
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.55% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.53% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Mar
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentUncommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentUncommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentUncommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Mar
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Mar
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorRare52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorRare66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentRare41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californicaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusWinter visitorRare43–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttalliiResidentRare17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioSummer visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisWinter visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorRare70–102 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassiniiWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
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