Birds to See in New Brunswick in November
113 bird species on our list for New Brunswick are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, American Herring Gull, Mourning Dove and Ring-billed Gull. New this month: American Tree Sparrow, Iceland Gull, Common Redpoll and Cattle Egret and 4 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Hooded MerganserBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jan
Red-throated LoonBusiest month of the year · Aug–Jun
Snow BuntingBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Surf ScoterBusiest month of the year · All year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Greater ScaupBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
From New Brunswick’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 113 birds in November
113 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 6.68% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.97% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.48% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.00% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.87% in Nov- Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.86% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.80% in Nov- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.72% in Nov
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.60% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.59% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.58% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.57% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.56% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.55% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.46% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.38% in Nov- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov- Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.28% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.22% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.17% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov · 0.16% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.10% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.08% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 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