Birds to See in New Mexico in July
110 bird species on our list for New Mexico are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove, American Robin and Common Raven. New this month: Solitary Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper and Western Sandpiper and 6 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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 110 birds in July
110 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.78% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.63% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.33% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.56% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentRare20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
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