Birds to See in New Mexico in August
126 bird species on our list for New Mexico are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove, Common Raven and Chipping Sparrow. New this month: Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Teal, Northern Pintail and Clay-colored Sparrow and 14 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Lark SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Willow FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Wilson's PhalaropeBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
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.
Other months
All 126 birds in August
126 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.82% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.80% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.37% in Aug- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.32% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.41% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Aug- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Aug
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Aug
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Aug
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentRare20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Aug
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Aug
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