Uncommon Birds in Mexico
Our list for Mexico has 109 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 46 residents, 4 summer visitors, 51 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 109, most common first
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentUncommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Aug–May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentUncommon20–25 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentUncommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–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