Birds to See in Alaska in November
90 bird species on our list for Alaska are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Mallard, American Crow and Song Sparrow. New this month: House Sparrow and Great White Egret.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovAt their peak
Bohemian WaxwingBusiest month of the year · Oct–Aug
Great Blue HeronBusiest month of the year · All year
Hooded MerganserBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Eurasian Collared DoveBusiest month of the year · All year
Wood DuckBusiest month of the year · Jul–Aug
Ruffed GrouseBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
From Alaska’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 90 birds in November
90 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.64% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 4.69% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.14% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov- Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentCommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.36% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.36% in Nov- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Nov- Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorUncommon41–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Nov
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusSummer visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusScarceRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentRare80–104 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% 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