Birds to See in Mexico in May
190 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, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Egyptian Goose and Fox Sparrow and 1 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
Chestnut-sided WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
White-rumped SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Mourning WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Bay-breasted WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
BobolinkBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
VeeryBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
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.
Other months
All 190 birds in May
190 birds
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in May
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentUncommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentUncommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentUncommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in May
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in May
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in May
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in May
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in May
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in May- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.06% in May
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in May
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in May
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in May
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in May
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in May
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in May- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in May
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in May
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentRare41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in May
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californicaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in May
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorRare66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in May- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttalliiResidentRare17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in May
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusWinter visitorRare43–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in May- VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in May
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in May
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in May
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorRare52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in May
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioSummer visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in May
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentRare109–140 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in May
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in May
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassiniiWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in May
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.00% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in May
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorRare70–102 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in May
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in May
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in May
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in May
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.00% in May
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
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