Birds to See in New Mexico in November
124 bird species on our list for New Mexico are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, White-crowned Sparrow, Northern Flicker, Common Raven and American Robin. New this month: Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Tundra Swan and Rough-legged Hawk and 11 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 124 birds in November
124 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 3.24% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.17% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.12% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.79% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.75% in Nov
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.61% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.20% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentRare20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorScarceRare140–160 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
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