Seasonal Presence and Relative Frequency of Selected Species
This list summarizes the seasonal presence of selected bird species in New Mexico, indicating whether each species occurs year-round, during the breeding season, or during the non-breeding season (winter and migration). Within each seasonal category, species are numbered and ordered from least to most frequently observed in the United States based on eBird frequency data. This ordering reflects how commonly a species has been observed by U.S. birders over time and is used here as a relative priority indicator, not as a measure of local abundance or the likelihood of encountering a species at a specific site or season within New Mexico.
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Boreal Owl
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Spotted Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Montezuma Quail
Olive Warbler
Dusky Grouse
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-chinned Sparrow
Sagebrush Sparrow
Chihuahuan Meadowlark
American Goshawk
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Arizona Woodpecker
Cassin’s Sparrow
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Scaled Quail
Crissal Thrasher
Yellow-eyed Junco
Pinyon Jay
Mexican Duck
Chihuahuan Raven
Painted Redstart
Lark Bunting
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Gray Flycatcher
Sage Thrasher
Harris’s Hawk
Juniper Titmouse
American Dipper
Mexican Jay
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Bridled Titmouse
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Clark’s Nutcracker
Clark’s Grebe
Pyrrhuloxia
Canyon Wren
Costa’s Hummingbird
Brewer’s Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Cassin’s Finch
Canyon Towhee
Evening Grosbeak
White-throated Swift
Mountain Bluebird
Black-throated Sparrow
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Inca Dove
Northern Bobwhite
Long-billed Curlew
Greater Roadrunner
Cactus Wren
Hutton’s Vireo
Phainopepla
Common Ground Dove
Abert’s Towhee
Vermilion Flycatcher
Neotropic Cormorant
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Pygmy Nuthatch
Gambel’s Quail
Eared Grebe
Curve-billed Thrasher
Gila Woodpecker
Western Grebe
Cinnamon Teal
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Verdin
Acorn Woodpecker
Black-billed Magpie
Steller’s Jay
Flammulated Owl
Mexican Whip-poor-will
Black Swift
Mountain Plover
Bendire’s Thrasher
Lucifer Hummingbird
Botteri’s Sparrow
Elf Owl
Gray Vireo
Greater Pewee
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Coppery-tailed Trogon
Common Black Hawk
Varied Bunting
Red-faced Warbler
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Zone-tailed Hawk
Grace’s Warbler
Lesser Nighthawk
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Hepatic Tanager
Virginia’s Warbler
Cave Swallow
Scott’s Oriole
Gray Hawk
Bronzed Cowbird
Snowy Plover
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Plumbeous Vireo
Lucy’s Warbler
Broad-billed Hummingbird
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Bell’s Vireo
Mississippi Kite
Swainson’s Hawk
Hooded Oriole
Lazuli Bunting
Least Tern
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Dickcissel
Painted Bunting
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Bullock’s Oriole
Willow Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Western Tanager
Orchard Oriole
Black-headed Grosbeak
Summer Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Baird’s Sparrow
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
Black Rosy-Finch
Thick-billed Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
Hermit Warbler
Ross’s Goose
Northern Shrike
Clay-colored Sparrow
Rough-legged Hawk
Cackling Goose
Snow Goose
American Tree Sparrow
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