Birds to See in New Mexico in January
121 bird species on our list for New Mexico are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, White-crowned Sparrow, Common Raven, Northern Flicker and American Crow. New this month: Cinnamon Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Varied Thrush and Mute Swan and 1 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 121 birds in January
121 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.86% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.73% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.18% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.74% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.66% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.65% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.63% in Jan
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.59% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.46% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.35% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.32% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.08% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jan
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentRare20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jan
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorScarceRare140–160 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
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