Birds to See in Timor-Leste in November
23 bird species on our list for Timor-Leste are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Sandpiper, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Great White Egret, Greenshank and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. New this month: Grey Plover, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Grey Wagtail and Peregrine Falcon.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Timor-Leste’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 23 birds in November
23 birds
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.12% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.56% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.47% in Nov
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantCommon17–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 1.19% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.19% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.06% in Nov
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.06% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.01% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.96% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.78% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.69% in Nov
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusSummer visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.60% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.46% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.37% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.32% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.32% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.32% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov · 0.23% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.23% in Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.23% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.14% in Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Scaly-breasted Munia 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- Common Kingfisher 16–17 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Grey Wagtail 17–20 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Little Grebe 23–29 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Red Junglefowl 42–75 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Oriental Honey-buzzard 52–68 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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

