Birds to See in New Mexico in February
114 bird species on our list for New Mexico are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, White-winged Dove, American Robin, Common Raven and White-crowned Sparrow. New this month: Lesser Yellowlegs.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt 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 114 birds in February
114 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 4.59% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.59% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.56% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.12% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.89% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.58% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.55% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.50% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.42% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.40% in Feb
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Feb
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentRare20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Feb
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Feb
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