Birds to See in Mexico in May
184 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
184 bird species on our list for Mexico are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are White-winged Dove, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, House Finch, House Sparrow and Barn Swallow. New this month: Roseate Tern, Egyptian Goose, Fox Sparrow and Helmeted Guineafowl.
Leaving after last month22
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Palm Warbler
- Merlin
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Prothonotary Warbler
- American Herring Gull
- Upland Sandpiper
- Vesper Sparrow
- Snow Goose
- Piping Plover
- Fulmar
- American Bittern
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Red-throated Loon
- Goldeneye
- Horned Grebe
- Common Merganser
- Ross's Goose
- Short-eared Owl
- Flammulated Owl
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Long-eared Owl
Residents
(81)Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
American Robin
Turdus migratoriusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Gila Woodpecker
Melanerpes uropygialisLC
Recorded all year
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodiaLC
Recorded all year
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Recorded all year
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalisLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis sayaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianusLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglectaLC
Recorded all year
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Gilded Flicker
Colaptes chrysoidesLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxiiLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
California Gnatcatcher
Polioptila californicaLC
Recorded all year
Arizona Woodpecker
Picoides arizonaeLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium gnomaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Dryobates nuttalliiLC
Recorded all year
Western Screech-owl
Megascops kennicottiiLC
Recorded all year
Elf Owl
Micrathene whitneyiLC
Recorded all year
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicolaLC
Recorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owl
Megascops trichopsisLC
Recorded all year
California Condor
Gymnogyps californianusCR
Regularly Apr–Feb
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Recorded all year
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Recorded all year
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asioLC
Recorded all year
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Feb–Dec
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly May–Aug
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly May–Jan
Winter visitors
(72)Present outside the breeding season
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Oct–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Cinnamon Teal
Spatula cyanopteraLC
Recorded all year
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Painted Bunting
Passerina cirisLC
Recorded all year
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacusLC
Recorded all year
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolniiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella pallidaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphiaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillataLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–May
Stygian Owl
Asio stygiusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pacific Loon
Gavia pacificaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsiiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgianaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(18)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Apr–Jun
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Veery
Catharus fuscescensLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Aug–May
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly Apr–May
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Apr–Nov
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Apr–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