Birds to See in New Mexico in September
153 bird species on our list for New Mexico are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Mourning Dove, Common Raven, Northern Flicker and Chipping Sparrow. New this month: White-crowned Sparrow, Common Merganser, Marsh Wren and Merlin and 24 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Turkey VultureBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Vesper SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Clay-colored SparrowBusiest month of the year · May
Baird's SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
From New Mexico’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 153 birds in September
153 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Sep
- Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.90% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.37% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.91% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.76% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Sep
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.42% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.23% in Sep- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentRare20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisPassage migrantRare7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Sep
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisScarceRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in 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