Birds to See in Thailand in November
106 bird species on our list for Thailand are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Barn Swallow, Little Egret, Yellow-browed Warbler and Scaly-breasted Munia. New this month: Coot, Bluethroat, Common Rosefinch and Orange-headed Thrush and 16 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Grey HeronBusiest month of the year · All year
Black-tailed GodwitBusiest month of the year · All year
Kentish PloverBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Curlew SandpiperBusiest month of the year · All year
Grey PloverBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
White-winged TernBusiest month of the year · Aug–Jun
From Thailand’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 106 birds in November
106 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.06% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov- Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.54% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.36% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Nov
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Nov- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Nov
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.06% in Nov
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusResidentUncommon28–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorRare34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantRare100–130 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantRare28–35 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Nov
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Vega GullLarus vegaePassage migrantRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneSummer visitorRare152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorRare50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 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