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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
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