Birds to See in Slovakia in November
129 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Eurasian Wren and Mallard. New this month: Goldeneye, Smew, Tundra Bean Goose and Greater Scaup and 8 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Slovakia’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 129 birds in November
129 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.49% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.45% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.24% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.04% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.88% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.78% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.21% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.09% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.05% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 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