Winter Birds in New Mexico

Percent of complete checklists in New Mexico that reported the bird during these weeks, 2016–2025 (127,061 checklists). It shows how likely you are to list the bird, not how many there are. Methods.

1. 1House Finch52%
2. 2Dark-eyed Junco48%
3. 3White-crowned Sparrow34%
4. 4Northern Flicker32%
5. 5American Robin31%
6. 6Common Raven29%
7. 7White-winged Dove28%
8. 8American Crow28%
9. 9Spotted Towhee25%
10. 10House Sparrow22%
11. 11Mallard21%
12. 12White-breasted Nuthatch19%
13. 13Canada Goose18%
14. 14Western Bluebird18%
15. 15Sandhill Crane16%
16. 16Red-tailed Hawk16%
17. 17Song Sparrow16%
18. 18Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay16%
19. 19Eurasian Collared-Dove16%
20. 20Lesser Goldfinch15%
21. 21Rock Pigeon15%
22. 22Mourning Dove15%
23. 23Yellow-rumped Warbler15%
24. 24Ruby-crowned Kinglet14%
25. 25Canyon Towhee14%
26. 26Red-winged Blackbird14%
27. 27American Coot14%
28. 28Ladder-backed Woodpecker14%
29. 29Mountain Chickadee14%
30. 30European Starling13%
31. 31Say's Phoebe12%
32. 32Bushtit11%
33. 33Northern Shoveler11%
34. 34American Wigeon11%
35. 35Pine Siskin11%
36. 36Curve-billed Thrasher10%

• Red-winged Blackbirdfirst arrivals mid February, peaks mid April
• Northern Rough-winged Swallowfirst arrivals late February, peaks late April
• Cinnamon Tealfirst arrivals late January, peaks early April
• Western Meadowlarkfirst arrivals mid January, peaks early April
• Rock Wrenfirst arrivals late February, peaks late June
• Pinyon Jayfirst arrivals the second week of February, peaks early September
• Neotropic Cormorantfirst arrivals late December, peaks early April
• Canyon Wrenfirst arrivals late February, peaks late July
• Tree Swallowfirst arrivals late February, peaks mid April
• Wild Turkeyfirst arrivals mid January, peaks late April

• Northern Flickermost gone by the second week of January
• Mountain Bluebirdmost gone by early February
• Rock Wrenmost gone by mid December
• Cackling Goosemost gone by mid February
• Canyon Wrenmost gone by mid December

37. 37American Kestrel9.8%
38. 38Townsend's Solitaire9.7%
39. 39Great Blue Heron8.5%
40. 40Bewick's Wren8.2%
41. 41Gadwall8.1%
42. 42Northern Harrier8.1%
43. 43Cooper's Hawk7.7%
44. 44Hairy Woodpecker7.4%
45. 45Green-winged Teal7.2%
46. 46Juniper Titmouse7.2%
47. 47Ring-necked Duck7.1%
48. 48Gambel's Quail7.0%
49. 49Great-tailed Grackle6.8%
50. 50Ring-billed Gull6.8%
51. 51Downy Woodpecker6.8%
52. 52Pied-billed Grebe6.7%
53. 53Black Phoebe6.6%
54. 54Common Merganser6.5%
55. 55Western Meadowlark6.4%
56. 56American Goldfinch6.3%
57. 57Wood Duck6.2%
58. 58Killdeer6.1%
59. 59Bufflehead5.9%
60. 60Black-capped Chickadee5.4%