Birds to See in Manitoba in November
92 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Sparrow and Hairy Woodpecker. New this month: Snowy Owl and Boreal Owl.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovAt their peak
From Manitoba’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 92 birds in November
92 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.73% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 6.67% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 6.06% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.44% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.96% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.91% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.85% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.17% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.01% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.75% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.74% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.66% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.65% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.61% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.48% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.46% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.39% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.39% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.30% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.27% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.16% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% 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