Thrushes in New Mexico
Our list for New Mexico has 7 thrushes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Hermit Thrush 14–18 cm
- Mountain Bluebird 15–18 cm
- Veery 16–19 cm
- Swainson's Thrush 16–20 cm
- Eastern Bluebird 16–21 cm
- Varied Thrush 20–26 cm
- American Robin 20–28 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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