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
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Oct–May
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly May–Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Dec
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberPassage migrantRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusScarceRare120–145 cm
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 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