Birds to See in Greece in November
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.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Greece’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 185 birds in November
185 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.33% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.70% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.30% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.93% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.80% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.79% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.65% in Nov
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.56% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiSummer visitorUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusScarceRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentRare98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Nov
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–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