Birds to See in Northwest Territories in November
12 bird species on our list for Northwest Territories are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Common Redpoll, Hairy Woodpecker, Bald Eagle and Bohemian Waxwing.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovAt their peak
From Northwest Territories’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 12 birds in November
12 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 19.14% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 5.75% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 4.81% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSummer visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.14% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 2.41% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.99% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.94% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.63% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.52% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Downy Woodpecker 14–18 cm
- Snow Bunting 15–18 cm
- Bohemian Waxwing 19–23 cm
- Common Starling 21–23 cm
- Hairy Woodpecker 18–26 cm
- American Three-toed Woodpecker 21–24 cm
- American Robin 20–28 cm
- Pileated Woodpecker 40–49 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
- Bald Eagle 70–102 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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