Birds to See in New Mexico in April
144 bird species on our list for New Mexico are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove, American Robin and Common Raven. New this month: Western Kingbird, Lark Sparrow, Northern Yellow Warbler and Orange-crowned Warbler and 31 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From New Mexico’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 144 birds in April
144 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.01% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.87% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Apr
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.71% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.69% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.47% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.19% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentRare20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
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