United States · New Mexico
Bosque del Apache NWR
385 species and 438,922 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 257 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
American CootFulica americana
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
American WigeonMareca americana
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos200 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 385 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 385 species recorded here
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bosque del Apache NWR?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 257 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bosque del Apache NWR?
385 species, from 438,922 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bosque del Apache NWR in November?
The most recorded in November: Sandhill Crane, Snow Goose, Northern Pintail, Northern Harrier and Northern Shoveler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.