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 185–207 of 228 species

Leach's Storm-petrel

Leach's Storm-petrel

Hydrobates leucorhousVU

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Feb–Dec

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

Swamp Sparrow

Melospiza georgianaLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–May

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

Goldeneye

Bucephala clangulaLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Apr

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

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemasticaVU

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Apr–May

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

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–May

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

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritusVU

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Northern Saw-whet Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Aegolius acadicusLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

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

Cackling Goose

Branta hutchinsiiLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–May

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

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Black-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Apr–Oct

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

California Condor

Gymnogyps californianusCR

ResidentRare

Regularly Apr–Feb

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

Common Merganser

Mergus merganserLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Ross's Goose

Ross's Goose

Anser rossiiLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Apr

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

Ruff

Calidris pugnaxLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep

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

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougalliiLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly May–Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollisVU

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Williamson's Sapsucker

Williamson's Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus thyroideusLC

ResidentRare

Regularly Oct–Jul

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

Canada Goose

Branta canadensisLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–May

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

Evening Grosbeak

Hesperiphona vespertinaVU

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Aug–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Scaly-breasted Munia

Scaly-breasted Munia

Lonchura punctulataLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Apr

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

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelopeLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Dec–Mar

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

Flammulated Owl

Psiloscops flammeolusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Apr–Feb

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

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiacaLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly May–Jan

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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