Birds to See in Florida in November
171 bird species on our list for Florida are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Warbler, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Northern Cardinal and Blue Jay. New this month: American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Hooded Merganser and Bonaparte's Gull and 17 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Florida’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 171 birds in November
171 birds
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.89% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.73% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.62% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.77% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.45% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusWinter visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.37% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisResidentCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.20% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Nov
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.11% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.10% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.09% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusResidentRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantRare80–100 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusScarceRare68–78 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusResidentRare30–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–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