Birds of New Mexico
The 150 most-observed birds in New Mexico, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus23 obstiming → - 2
American RobinTurdus migratorius20 obstiming → - 3
MallardAnas platyrhynchos19 obstiming → - 4Say's PhoebeSayornis saya19 obstiming →
- 5
Northern RavenCorvus corax18 obstiming → - 6
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys15 obstiming → - 7
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto15 obstiming → - 8
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis14 obstiming → - 9
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus12 obstiming → - 10
Canyon TowheeMelozone fusca12 obstiming → - 11
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus12 obstiming → - 12
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus11 obstiming → - 13
Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli10 obstiming → - 14
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis10 obstiming → - 15
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus9 obstiming → - 16
Western Wood PeweeContopus sordidulus9 obstiming → - 17
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus9 obstiming → - 18
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana8 obstiming → - 19Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria8 obstiming →
- 20
Woodhouse's Scrub JayAphelocoma woodhouseii8 obstiming → - 21
Turkey VultureCathartes aura8 obstiming → - 22
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica8 obstiming → - 23Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans7 obstiming →
- 24
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus7 obstiming → - 25
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis7 obstiming → - 26
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre7 obstiming → - 27
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides7 obstiming → - 28
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea6 obstiming → - 29
House SparrowPasser domesticus6 obstiming → - 30
Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea6 obstiming → - 31
Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii6 obstiming → - 32
Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri6 obstiming → - 33Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii6 obstiming →
- 34
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica6 obstiming → - 35Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni6 obstiming →
- 36
American BushtitPsaltriparus minimus6 obstiming → - 37
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana6 obstiming → - 38Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii6 obstiming →
- 39
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo6 obstiming → - 40
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata6 obstiming → - 41
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus6 obstiming → - 42
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias5 obstiming → - 43Scaled QuailCallipepla squamata5 obstiming →
- 44House WrenTroglodytes aedon5 obstiming →
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Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos5 obstiming → - 46
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus5 obstiming → - 47Blue-winged TealSpatula discors5 obstiming →
- 48
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina5 obstiming → - 49Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri5 obstiming →
- 50Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus5 obstiming →
- 51
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla4 obstiming → - 52
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus4 obstiming → - 53
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana4 obstiming → - 54MerlinFalco columbarius4 obstiming →
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Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri4 obstiming → - 56
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis4 obstiming → - 57Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis4 obstiming →
- 58
Brown CreeperCerthia americana4 obstiming → - 59
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus4 obstiming → - 60
American CootFulica americana4 obstiming → - 61
Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae3 obstiming → - 62Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi3 obstiming →
- 63
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps3 obstiming → - 64
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius3 obstiming → - 65Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii3 obstiming →
- 66Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula3 obstiming →
- 67
American WigeonMareca americana3 obstiming → - 68
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis3 obstiming → - 69
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis3 obstiming → - 70
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos3 obstiming → - 71Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus3 obstiming →
- 72Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus3 obstiming →
- 73
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra3 obstiming → - 74Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus3 obstiming →
- 75Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata3 obstiming →
- 76
Juniper TitmouseBaeolophus ridgwayi3 obstiming → - 77
Rock DoveColumba livia3 obstiming → - 78Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata3 obstiming →
- 79
Canada GooseBranta canadensis3 obstiming → - 80Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris3 obstiming →
- 81
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus3 obstiming → - 82
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater3 obstiming → - 83Pinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalus3 obstiming →
- 84Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi3 obstiming →
- 85
Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus3 obstiming → - 86
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis3 obstiming → - 87Wood DuckAix sponsa2 obstiming →
- 88
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus2 obstiming → - 89
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus2 obstiming → - 90Painted BuntingPasserina ciris2 obstiming →
- 91
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina2 obstiming → - 92American Barn OwlTyto furcata2 obstiming →
- 93Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2 obstiming →
- 94
Eurasian TealAnas crecca2 obstiming → - 95
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota2 obstiming → - 96Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2 obstiming →
- 97
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris2 obstiming → - 98
Red TanagerPiranga flava2 obstiming → - 99
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens2 obstiming → - 100
Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis2 obstiming → - 101Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris2 obstiming →
- 102
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis2 obstiming → - 103Audubon's WarblerSetophaga auduboni2 obstiming →
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Song SparrowMelospiza melodia2 obstiming → - 105
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus2 obstiming → - 106Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta2 obstiming →
- 107
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus2 obstiming → - 108
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus2 obstiming → - 109
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis2 obstiming → - 110
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus2 obstiming → - 111
American KestrelFalco sparverius2 obstiming → - 112Warbling VireoVireo gilvus2 obstiming →
- 113Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor2 obstiming →
- 114Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys2 obstiming →
- 115
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos2 obstiming → - 116
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii2 obstiming → - 117PyrrhuloxiaCardinalis sinuatus2 obstiming →
- 118
Great EgretArdea alba1 obstiming → - 119
Bendire's ThrasherToxostoma bendirei1 obstiming → - 120
Common PoorwillPhalaenoptilus nuttallii1 obstiming → - 121
Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus1 obstiming → - 122Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis1 obstiming →
- 123
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena1 obstiming → - 124California GullLarus californicus1 obstiming →
- 125
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia1 obstiming → - 126
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra1 obstiming → - 127
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva1 obstiming → - 128Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria1 obstiming →
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Muscovy DuckCairina moschata1 obstiming → - 130
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii1 obstiming → - 131
Cassin's VireoVireo cassinii1 obstiming → - 132
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens1 obstiming → - 133
DickcisselSpiza americana1 obstiming → - 134
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax1 obstiming → - 135Grace's WarblerSetophaga graciae1 obstiming →
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Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris1 obstiming → - 137
Northern PintailAnas acuta1 obstiming → - 138Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula1 obstiming →
- 139
Black-throated Grey WarblerSetophaga nigrescens1 obstiming → - 140
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius1 obstiming → - 141Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus1 obstiming →
- 142
American DipperCinclus mexicanus1 obstiming → - 143
Sagebrush SparrowArtemisiospiza nevadensis1 obstiming → - 144
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus1 obstiming → - 145Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus1 obstiming →
- 146Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis1 obstiming →
- 147
MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei1 obstiming → - 148Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens1 obstiming →
- 149
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis1 obstiming → - 150
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.