Uncommon Birds in New Mexico
Our list for New Mexico has 70 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 16 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 16 passage migrants
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 70, most common first
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
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