Birds to See in British Columbia in November
129 bird species on our list for British Columbia are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Crow, Northern Flicker, Mallard and Bald Eagle. New this month: Snowy Owl.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovAt their peak
From British Columbia’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 129 birds in November
129 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.24% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.83% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.62% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.54% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.16% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.16% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentRare100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 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