Birds to See in Jamaica in November
48 bird species on our list for Jamaica are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Redstart, Turkey Vulture, Northern Mockingbird, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Cattle Egret. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck and Short-billed Dowitcher and 5 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Jamaica’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 48 birds in November
48 birds
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 3.03% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.14% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.61% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% 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