Birds to See in Switzerland in November
154 bird species on our list for Switzerland are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Blackbird, Blue Tit and Chaffinch. New this month: Common Gull, Goldeneye, Whooper Swan and Red-breasted Merganser and 14 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Switzerland’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 154 birds in November
154 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.52% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.76% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentRare39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% 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