Birds to See in Germany in November
187 bird species on our list for Germany are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and European Robin. New this month: Smew and Crag Martin.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovAt their peak
GoldcrestBusiest month of the year · All year
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Tundra Bean GooseBusiest month of the year · Sep–Mar
Water PipitBusiest month of the year · All year
Common RedpollBusiest month of the year · All year
Great Grey ShrikeBusiest month of the year · All year
From Germany’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 187 birds in November
187 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.22% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov- GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.09% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.72% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.29% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov- Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov- Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorRare68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorRare65–80 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 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