Birds to See in Macao SAR China in November
39 bird species on our list for Macao SAR China are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Crested Myna, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Yellow-browed Warbler and Little Egret. New this month: Red-flanked Bluetail, Spotted Redshank, Coot and Avocet and 4 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Macao SAR China’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 39 birds in November
39 birds
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.66% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.28% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.19% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.10% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.06% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.78% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.76% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Nov
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.66% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Nov
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaWinter visitorCommon65–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.48% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in Nov
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.34% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.32% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.19% in Nov
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.15% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.13% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.12% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% 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