Birds to See in Arizona in November
141 bird species on our list for Arizona are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Mourning Dove, Gila Woodpecker, White-crowned Sparrow and Yellow-rumped Warbler. New this month: Goldeneye, Greater Scaup, Tundra Swan and Cackling Goose and 7 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
White-crowned SparrowBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · All year
Pied-billed GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
Great White EgretBusiest month of the year · All year
Marsh WrenBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
From Arizona’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 141 birds in November
141 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Nov
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentCommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Nov- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.73% in Nov
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.02% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.78% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov- Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.61% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.55% in Nov
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.49% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.30% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Nov
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentUncommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentRare26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
California CondorGymnogyps californianusSummer visitorRare109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentRare14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 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