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
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly May
Mute SwanCygnus olorScarceRare140–160 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
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