Birds to See in Ontario in November
129 bird species on our list for Ontario are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, Canada Goose, American Crow, Ring-billed Gull and Mallard. New this month: Common Redpoll, Snowy Owl, Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull and 4 more.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From Ontario’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 129 birds in November
129 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.48% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.47% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.38% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.29% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.84% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.83% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.62% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.52% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.37% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.35% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.31% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.20% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.18% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorRare20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantRare38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 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