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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 109, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
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