Birds of Oaxaca

What birds are common in Oaxaca?

The birds you are most likely to run into in Oaxaca right now are Black Vulture, Great-tailed Grackle, and Neotropic Cormorant. Birders reported 161 species across Oaxaca on eBird during August 22–28, 2026 — the 18below are the ones that turned up on the most of those days, which is as close to “common” as sightings data gets.

• Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

  Reported on all 5 of the 5 days checked

• Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus

  Reported on all 5 of the 5 days checked

• Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum

  Reported on all 5 of the 5 days checked

• House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

  Reported on all 5 of the 5 days checked

• Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea

  Reported on 4 of the 5 days checked

• House Sparrow Passer domesticus

  Reported on 4 of the 5 days checked

• West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala

  Reported on 4 of the 5 days checked

• Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris

  Reported on 4 of the 5 days checked

• Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria

How this is measured: eBird publishes, for each day, every species reported anywhere in Oaxaca. We count how many of the 5 days sampled (August 22–28, 2026) each species appears on and rank by that count — nothing here is estimated or modelled. Species tied on days are ordered by the total number of individuals in those records. Rarities work the other way round: rare bird alerts tell you when a bird that is not common shows up near you.