Birds in Mexico

228 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Mexico has 228 bird species recorded regularly there: 81 residents, 13 summer visitors, 99 winter visitors, 33 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 14 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Mexico in September

176 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 176 birds in September

Arriving in September: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Nashville Warbler, American Redstart, Magnolia Warbler, Lincoln's Sparrow, Black-throated Green Warbler, Broad-winged Hawk and 28 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Mexico each month: most in April (202), fewest in June (121). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruby-throated HummingbirdSmallest · 7cm
to
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue HeronLargest · 137cm
From the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (7 cm) to the Great Blue Heron (137 cm)51 families

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All 228 birds on the list

Showing 162–184 of 228 species

American Golden-Plover

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominicaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hooded Merganser

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

Rallus limicolaLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Fulmar

Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialisLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Pheasant

Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicusLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Bittern

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Sep–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Gray-cheeked Thrush

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Catharus minimusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Apr–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Phalarope

Grey Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicariusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Aug–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Elf Owl

Elf Owl

Micrathene whitneyiLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Whiskered Screech-owl

Whiskered Screech-owl

Megascops trichopsisLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sabine's Gull

Sabine's Gull

Xema sabiniLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Aug–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Setophaga caerulescensLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Sep–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Stygian Owl

Stygian Owl

Asio stygiusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Aug–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Aug–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Bobolink

Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Apr–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Nuttall's Woodpecker

Nuttall's Woodpecker

Dryobates nuttalliiLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Alder Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Empidonax alnorumLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Apr–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Eastern Screech-owl

Eastern Screech-owl

Megascops asioLC

Summer visitorRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Veery

Veery

Catharus fuscescensLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Apr–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Blackpoll Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Setophaga striataNT

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Apr–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red-throated Loon

Red-throated Loon

Gavia stellataLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Arctic Jaeger

Arctic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticusLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Mountain Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

Sialia currucoidesLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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