Birds to See in Saskatchewan in November
78 bird species on our list for Saskatchewan are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Common Raven, Canada Goose, House Finch and Rock Dove. New this month: Snowy Owl, Common Redpoll, Bohemian Waxwing and Long-tailed Duck and 1 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Saskatchewan’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 78 birds in November
78 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 7.90% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.99% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.81% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.42% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.94% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.32% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.24% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.03% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.75% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.73% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.71% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.67% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.60% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.59% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.54% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.53% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.41% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.40% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.32% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantCommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% 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