Birds to See in Alabama in November
132 bird species on our list for Alabama are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker and American Crow. New this month: Sandhill Crane, Hooded Merganser, Common Loon and Bonaparte's Gull and 15 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Ruby-crowned KingletBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Song SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Swamp SparrowBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Hermit ThrushBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Blue-headed VireoBusiest month of the year · All year
From Alabama’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 132 birds in November
132 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.27% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov- Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.90% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov- Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.94% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.84% in Nov- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.59% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.46% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Nov
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.25% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.23% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.11% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.08% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Nov
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–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