Birds to See in Costa Rica in November
110 bird species on our list for Costa Rica are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Baltimore Oriole, Tennessee Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Palm Tanager. New this month: Painted Bunting, Blue-footed Booby, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Grey Phalarope and 5 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Baltimore OrioleBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Tennessee WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
OspreyBusiest month of the year · All year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
From Costa Rica’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 110 birds in November
110 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.22% in Nov
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.03% in Nov
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.99% in Nov
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Nov
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov- OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Nov
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Nov- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Nov- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Nov
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentRare23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentRare33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerResidentRare22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceRare20–32 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiPassage migrantRare76–84 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 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