Birds to See in Cayman Islands in November
63 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Warbler, Northern Mockingbird, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs and White-winged Dove. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Pintail and Eurasian Teal.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Cayman Islands’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 63 birds in November
63 birds
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 4.27% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.54% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.21% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.05% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.02% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.87% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.85% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.74% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.39% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.21% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.18% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.11% in Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaScarceUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 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