Owls in New Mexico
Our list for New Mexico has 9 owls recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 4 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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