Birds to See in Colorado in November
121 bird species on our list for Colorado are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Northern Flicker, Canada Goose, Mallard and American Crow. New this month: Goldeneye, Rough-legged Hawk, Bohemian Waxwing and Long-tailed Duck and 7 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Pied-billed GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
American Tree SparrowBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Ruddy DuckBusiest month of the year · All year
Black-necked GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
Common LoonBusiest month of the year · Apr
From Colorado’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 121 birds in November
121 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Nov- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.50% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.59% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.40% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.28% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.25% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.04% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.90% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov- Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.11% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisWinter visitorRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 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