Mexico
What is recorded in Mexico
- Species
- 13,337
- Grid cells
- 113,163
- Records
- 16,965,762
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 9,306
- Bony fish 1,468
- Birds 929
- Reptiles 764
- Mammals 461
- Amphibians 297
- Sharks and rays 112
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Mexico, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Mexico, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifrons
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Inca Dove
Columbina inca
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Green Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Plain Chachalaca
Ortalis vetula
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalaris
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Altamira Oriole
Icterus gularis
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Mexico.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Mexico on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.