Birds to See in Alberta in November
80 bird species on our list for Alberta are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, House Sparrow and Canada Goose. New this month: Snowy Owl.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovAt their peak
From Alberta’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 80 birds in November
80 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.97% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 4.68% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.27% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.94% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.54% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.32% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.10% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.33% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.19% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.13% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioPassage migrantRare16–25 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorRare100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% 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