Rare Birds in Mexico
Our list for Mexico has 101 rare birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 8 summer visitors, 44 winter visitors, 25 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 101, most common first
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRecorded all year
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare100–125 cmRecorded all year
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisWinter visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–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