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
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisScarceRare37–60 cm
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
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