Birds to See in Greece in November
185 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
185 bird species on our list for Greece are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Chaffinch, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Black Redstart. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Greater White-fronted Goose, Arctic Loon and Goldeneye and 8 more.
New in November12
Leaving after last month40
- Barn Swallow
- Spotted Flycatcher
- House Martin
- Willow Warbler
- Red-backed Shrike
- Alpine Swift
- Yellow Wagtail
- Whinchat
- Wheatear
- Pallid Swift
- Wood Sandpiper
- Eleonora's Falcon
- Squacco Heron
- Whitethroat
- Tree Pipit
- Common Redstart
- Sand Martin
- Common Reed-warbler
- Garganey
- European Honey-buzzard
- Sedge Warbler
- Purple Heron
- Garden Warbler
- Wood Warbler
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Hobby
- Nightjar
- Short-toed Lark
- Gull-billed Tern
- Black Tern
- Savi's Warbler
- Temminck's Stint
- Whimbrel
- Bluethroat
- Western Capercaillie
- Boreal Owl
- Dotterel
- Arctic Jaeger
- Mandarin Duck
- Canada Goose
Residents
(88)Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(23)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Recorded all year
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Jan–Nov
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Mar–Nov
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Winter visitors
(68)Present outside the breeding season
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–May
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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