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
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 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