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
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jul–May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
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