Birds to See in Canada in November
171 bird species on our list for Canada are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, Mallard, Canada Goose and Ring-billed Gull. New this month: Snowy Owl, Glaucous Gull, Western Kingbird and Say's Phoebe and 6 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Common MerganserBusiest month of the year · All year
Hooded MerganserBusiest month of the year · All year
American Black DuckBusiest month of the year · All year
Red-breasted MerganserBusiest month of the year · Sep–Jun
Fox SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Horned GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
From Canada’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 171 birds in November
171 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.98% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov- Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
- American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.85% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.78% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.52% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov- Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.40% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.19% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.18% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.06% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaResidentUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorRare60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusPassage migrantRare85–105 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 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