Birds to See in Austria in November
146 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
146 bird species on our list for Austria are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Chaffinch. New this month: Goldeneye, Smew, Velvet Scoter and Greater Scaup and 9 more.
New in November13
Leaving after last month27
- Blackcap
- Barn Swallow
- Yellow Wagtail
- Common Reed-warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Avocet
- Sedge Warbler
- Sand Martin
- Ringed Plover
- Wheatear
- Spotted Redshank
- Hobby
- Crag Martin
- Whinchat
- Common Redstart
- Green Sandpiper
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Little Egret
- Tree Pipit
- Common Redpoll
- European Honey-buzzard
- Osprey
- Woodlark
- Bluethroat
- Black Grouse
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Jack Snipe
Residents
(72)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(22)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Winter visitors
(39)Present outside the breeding season
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Nov–Apr
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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