Birds to See in Thailand in November
106 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in November20
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(65)Present outside the breeding season
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Treron bicinctusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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