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
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisPassage migrantRare7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly May
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceRare37–41 cm
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisScarceRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep
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