Birds to See in California in November
188 bird species on our list for California are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-crowned Sparrow, House Finch, American Crow and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. New this month: Goldeneye, Snow Bunting, Garganey and Glaucous Gull and 4 more.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From California’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 188 birds in November
188 birds
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.81% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttalliiResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.91% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.44% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataResidentUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentUncommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Nov
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californicaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusResidentRare13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentRare109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorRare87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorRare16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorRare10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentRare20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorRare20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisScarceRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.00% in Nov
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 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