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
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–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