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State · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

New Mexico Breeding Birds

262 species recorded across 88 survey routes, 1968 to 2024. Browse by family or guild below.

New Mexico Bird Population TrendsNotable signalsLong-arc shifts the engine flags automatically — sustained declines or increases large enough to stand out from year-to-year noise.Full methodology →

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Bendire's Thrasher has collapsed in New Mexico: down 95% on the route-weighted index since 1970.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Canada Goose has surged in New Mexico: up 23× on the route-weighted index since 1992.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Blue-winged Teal has collapsed in New Mexico: down 94% on the route-weighted index since 1977.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Eurasian Collared-Dove has surged in New Mexico: up 11× on the route-weighted index since 2004.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Mountain Plover has collapsed in New Mexico: down 94% on the route-weighted index since 1971.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Yellow-breasted Chat has surged in New Mexico: up 965% on the route-weighted index since 1977.

How Bird Guilds Are Faring in New MexicoGuild trendA mean-index aggregate across the species in this group — the structural direction of the guild, with individual-species noise smoothed out.Full methodology →

-45%

Shorebirds

7 species
-43%

Grassland birds

11 species
-37%

Wetland birds

18 species
-34%

Arid-land birds

16 species
-30%

Birds of prey

16 species
-16%

Generalists

17 species
-7%

Forest birds

78 species
-5%

Game birds

6 species
+8%

Aerial insectivores

27 species
+396%

Waterfowl

11 species

New Mexico Bird Survey Routes

Browse New Mexico Birds By FamilyTrendPercent change in the route-weighted abundance index between a smoothed baseline window and the most recent one. It tracks direction, not absolute population.Full methodology →

Each species links to its trend in New Mexico.

Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae

American Goshawk -45%Cooper's Hawk -71%Ferruginous Hawk -64%Golden Eagle -84%Harris's Hawk -84%Northern Harrier -76%Red-tailed Hawk +5%Sharp-shinned Hawk -80%Swainson's Hawk +69%

Bushtits Aegithalidae

Bushtit -12%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark -63%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -86%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

Blue-winged Teal -94%Canada Goose 23×Cinnamon Teal -59%Gadwall -2%Green-winged Teal -92%Mallard -69%Mexican Duck -83%Northern Pintail -59%Northern Shoveler -70%Redhead -89%Ruddy Duck -78%

Swifts Apodidae

White-throated Swift +16%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

Black-crowned Night Heron -82%Great Blue Heron +71%Great Egret -13%Green Heron -25%Snowy Egret -92%Western Cattle-Egret -81%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Common Nighthawk -66%Common Poorwill +188%Lesser Nighthawk +76%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Black-headed Grosbeak +66%Blue Grosbeak +473%Dickcissel -76%Hepatic Tanager +107%Indigo Bunting -77%Lazuli Bunting -92%Northern Cardinal +207%Painted Bunting +63%Pyrrhuloxia +307%Summer Tanager +144%Western Tanager +313%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Turkey Vulture +29%

Treecreepers Certhiidae

Brown Creeper -45%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer -16%Mountain Plover -94%

Dippers Cinclidae

American Dipper -63%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Band-tailed Pigeon -91%Eurasian Collared-Dove 11×Inca Dove -24%Mourning Dove +47%Rock Pigeon -8%White-winged Dove +372%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +16%Black-billed Magpie -41%Chihuahuan Raven +39%Clark's Nutcracker -56%Common Raven +80%Pinyon Jay -60%Steller's Jay +165%Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay -61%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Greater Roadrunner +129%Yellow-billed Cuckoo -91%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel -48%Peregrine Falcon +19%Prairie Falcon -86%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch -64%Cassin's Finch -76%Evening Grosbeak -43%House Finch +3%Lesser Goldfinch -10%Pine Siskin -34%Red Crossbill -82%

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Bank Swallow -86%Barn Swallow -29%Cliff Swallow +148%Northern Rough-winged Swallow -18%Purple Martin -65%Tree Swallow +123%Violet-green Swallow -36%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Brewer's Blackbird -26%Bronzed Cowbird -36%Brown-headed Cowbird -7%Bullock's Oriole +91%Chihuahuan Meadowlark +26%Common Grackle -73%Great-tailed Grackle +523%Hooded Oriole -15%Red-winged Blackbird -23%Scott's Oriole +17%Western Meadowlark -49%Yellow-headed Blackbird -78%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +965%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -79%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Bendire's Thrasher -95%Crissal Thrasher +30%Curve-billed Thrasher +70%Gray Catbird -29%Northern Mockingbird -35%Sage Thrasher +158%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

Gambel's Quail +545%Montezuma Quail +213%Northern Bobwhite +79%Scaled Quail -13%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Black-capped Chickadee -54%Bridled Titmouse -55%Juniper Titmouse -13%Mountain Chickadee +119%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

Black-throated Gray Warbler -7%Common Yellowthroat +131%Grace's Warbler +66%Lucy's Warbler +385%MacGillivray's Warbler -29%Orange-crowned Warbler -39%Red-faced Warbler +33%Virginia's Warbler +45%Yellow Warbler -8%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Black-chinned Sparrow -3%Black-throated Sparrow +57%Brewer's Sparrow -3%Canyon Towhee -61%Cassin's Sparrow +2%Chipping Sparrow +25%Grasshopper Sparrow +135%Green-tailed Towhee +251%Lark Bunting -67%Lark Sparrow +195%Lincoln's Sparrow -15%Rufous-crowned Sparrow +27%Sagebrush Sparrow -43%Savannah Sparrow -66%Song Sparrow -52%Spotted Towhee +302%Vesper Sparrow +437%White-crowned Sparrow -67%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow -8%

Olive Warbler Peucedramidae

Olive Warbler +79%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant -10%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Ring-necked Pheasant -63%Wild Turkey +291%

Woodpeckers Picidae

Acorn Woodpecker +107%Downy Woodpecker -85%Hairy Woodpecker +243%Ladder-backed Woodpecker +177%Lewis's Woodpecker -52%Red-headed Woodpecker +136%Red-naped Sapsucker +45%Williamson's Sapsucker -21%

Grebes Podicipedidae

Eared Grebe -88%Pied-billed Grebe +39%Western Grebe -24%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher +215%Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +257%

Silky-flycatchers Ptiliogonatidae

Phainopepla +179%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

American Coot -79%Sora +22%Virginia Rail -26%

Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae

American Avocet -60%Black-necked Stilt -5%

Kinglets Regulidae

Golden-crowned Kinglet -74%Ruby-crowned Kinglet +53%

Penduline Tits Remizidae

Verdin +203%

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

Long-billed Curlew -38%Spotted Sandpiper -79%Wilson's Snipe -8%

Nuthatches Sittidae

Pygmy Nuthatch +943%Red-breasted Nuthatch -48%White-breasted Nuthatch +272%

Owls Strigidae

Burrowing Owl -29%Great Horned Owl +1%Northern Pygmy-Owl -54%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling -74%

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Black-chinned Hummingbird +57%Broad-tailed Hummingbird -14%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren +210%Cactus Wren +9%Canyon Wren -35%Northern House Wren +70%Rock Wren +22%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin -8%Hermit Thrush +771%Mountain Bluebird -48%Townsend's Solitaire +78%Western Bluebird -18%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Ash-throated Flycatcher +201%Black Phoebe -45%Cassin's Kingbird +2%Dusky Flycatcher -63%Eastern Kingbird +21%Eastern Phoebe +39%Gray Flycatcher +275%Greater Pewee -61%Hammond's Flycatcher +62%Olive-sided Flycatcher +42%Say's Phoebe +19%Scissor-tailed Flycatcher +197%Vermilion Flycatcher +335%Western Kingbird +61%Western Wood-Pewee +160%Willow Flycatcher -50%

Vireos Vireonidae

Bell's Vireo +816%Gray Vireo +206%Hutton's Vireo -60%Plumbeous Vireo +365%Warbling Vireo +237%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.