Birds to See in Turks & Caicos Islands in November
40 bird species on our list for Turks & Caicos Islands are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Ruddy Turnstone, Great White Egret, Osprey and Great Blue Heron. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Western Sandpiper, House Sparrow and American Herring Gull and 2 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Turks & Caicos Islands’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 40 birds in November
40 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.55% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.48% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.38% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.26% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.19% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.16% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.97% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.81% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.81% in Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.71% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.68% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.68% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.64% in Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.55% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantCommon53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.52% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.52% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.35% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.32% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.32% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.26% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.23% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.23% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusPassage migrantUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.23% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorUncommon31–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.19% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.16% 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