Birds to See in Newfoundland and Labrador in November
107 bird species on our list for Newfoundland and Labrador are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Herring Gull, Blue Jay, Great Black-backed Gull and American Black Duck. New this month: Iceland Gull, Bohemian Waxwing, Purple Sandpiper and Ruddy Duck and 5 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Mourning DoveBusiest month of the year · All year
Baltimore OrioleBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Hooded MerganserBusiest month of the year · All year
Orange-crowned WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Wood DuckBusiest month of the year · All year
Clay-colored SparrowBusiest month of the year · Oct–Dec
From Newfoundland and Labrador’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 107 birds in November
107 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 8.15% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 6.07% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.70% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 1.97% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov- Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.80% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.77% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.75% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.74% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.72% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.65% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.50% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.32% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.29% in Nov- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.29% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.26% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.23% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.22% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov- Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.18% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Nov · 0.16% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.15% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorUncommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Nov- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.11% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosPassage migrantUncommon21–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentRare46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaResidentRare34–36 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 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