Common Birds in New Mexico
Our list for New Mexico has 53 common birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 11 summer visitors and 16 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
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