Birds to See in Russia in November
124 bird species on our list for Russia are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Blue Tit and Mallard. New this month: Mandarin Duck.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovAt their peak
From Russia’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 124 birds in November
124 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 8.03% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 6.94% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.73% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.56% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.60% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.27% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.21% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentUncommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixWinter visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Nov
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.09% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 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