Birds to See in Norway in November
163 bird species on our list for Norway are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Magpie, Blue Tit and European Herring Gull. New this month: Cattle Egret, Tundra Swan and Water Pipit.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Norway’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 163 birds in November
163 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.09% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.39% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.91% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.89% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.76% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.48% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.34% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusResidentUncommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisResidentUncommon68–88 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Nov
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Nov
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% 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