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.

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor

White-winged Dove
Resident

Turkey Vulture
Resident

Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Resident

Eurasian Collared Dove
Resident

House Finch
Resident

Great White Egret
Resident

House Sparrow
Resident
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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Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Feb–Dec

Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgianaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly Apr–May

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC
Regularly Oct–May

Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Nov–Apr

Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicusLC
Recorded all year

Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsiiLC
Regularly Oct–May
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Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

California Condor
Gymnogyps californianusCR
Regularly Apr–Feb

Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Ross's Goose
Anser rossiiLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Sep

Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly May–Aug

Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Regularly Sep

Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–May

Evening Grosbeak
Hesperiphona vespertinaVU
Regularly Aug–Feb

Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year

Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb

Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly May–Jan
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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