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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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