Rare Birds in New Mexico
Our list for New Mexico has 76 rare birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 8 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors, 34 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–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