Birds to See in Aruba in November
43 bird species on our list for Aruba are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Great White Egret, House Sparrow, Osprey, Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs. New this month: Cape May Warbler, Northern Shoveler, Common Yellowthroat and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Aruba’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 43 birds in November
43 birds
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon97–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentCommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.08% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon36–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.07% in Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.92% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.80% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentCommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.59% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.23% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.21% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusScarceRare18–22 cmRegularly Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made