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
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentRare20–25 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Mar–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