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
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttalliiResidentRare17–18 cmRecorded all year
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioSummer visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorRare70–102 cmRegularly Oct–May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentRare109–140 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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